Amending Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects
Amends Energy Order to Speed Pipeline and Energy Projects
What it does
Agencies must expedite permit reviews and coordinate federal, state, tribal, and local permitting for energy and pipeline safety projects under a new interagency task force.
Real-world impact
- Speeds federal permit reviews for energy and pipeline safety projects.
- Encourages joint permitting coordination with state, tribal, and local officials.
- Creates a federal task force to oversee and assist project reviews.
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Summary
This order amends a prior energy directive to add pipeline safety projects and speed up project reviews. It creates an interagency task force within the Department of Energy to monitor and help agencies expedite permit reviews, coordinate permitting across federal, state, tribal, and local levels, and carry out certain pipeline repair functions under federal law.
Federal agencies that approve energy and pipeline projects, project developers, and state and local officials are affected. The goal is faster, better-coordinated project reviews, and the order does not create new enforceable legal rights.
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