Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth
Headline: Orders Faster Energy Projects and Updates to Infrastructure Rules
What it does: Agencies must speed permitting, revise water and safety rules, and report on energy transport and rights-of-way.
- Speeds and clarifies permits for pipelines, terminals, and other energy projects.
- Directs updates to LNG safety rules and proposes rail transport in tank cars.
- Requires reviews and reports on regional energy transport, investment, and rights-of-way.
Summary
This order directs the federal government to promote private investment in energy infrastructure by speeding and clarifying permitting, reducing regulatory uncertainty, and updating safety and environmental rules.
It requires the Environmental Protection Agency to review Clean Water Act section 401 guidance, the Department of Transportation to update LNG safety rules and consider rail transport, and other agencies to renew rights-of-way and submit reports on regional energy transport and investment.
The stated goal is to move domestic oil, gas, and coal to markets, lower energy costs, and support economic growth.
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