Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1321201-13117
Actions To Expedite Energy-Related Projects
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Published
May 22, 2001
Signed
May 18, 2001
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 28357-28358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 01-13117]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2001 /
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Executive Order 13212 of May 18, 2001
Actions To Expedite Energy-Related Projects
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to take additional steps to
expedite the increased supply and availability of
energy to our Nation, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The increased production and
transmission of energy in a safe and environmentally
sound manner is essential to the well-being of the
American people. In general, it is the policy of this
Administration that executive departments and agencies
(agencies) shall take appropriate actions, to the
extent consistent with applicable law, to expedite
projects that will increase the production,
transmission, or conservation of energy.
Sec. 2. Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects.
For energy-related projects, agencies shall expedite
their review of permits or take other actions as
necessary to accelerate the completion of such
projects, while maintaining safety, public health, and
environmental protections. The agencies shall take such
actions to the extent permitted by law and regulation,
and where appropriate.
Sec. 3. Interagency Task Force. There is established an
interagency task force (Task Force) to monitor and
assist the agencies in their efforts to expedite their
review of permits or similar actions, as necessary, to
accelerate the completion of energy-related projects,
increase energy production and conservation, and
improve transmission of energy. The Task Force also
shall monitor and assist agencies in setting up
appropriate mechanisms to coordinate Federal, State,
tribal, and local permitting in geographic areas where
increased permitting activity is expected. The Task
Force shall be composed of representatives from the
Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense,
Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Justice,
Commerce, Transportation, the Interior, Labor,
Education, Health and Human Services, Energy, Veterans
Affairs, the Environmental Protection Agency, Central
Intelligence Agency, General Services Administration,
Office of Management and Budget, Council of Economic
Advisers, Domestic Policy Council, National Economic
Council, and such other representatives as may be
determined by the Chairman of the Council on
Environmental Quality. The Task Force shall be chaired
by the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality
and housed at the Department of Energy for
administrative purposes.
Sec. 4. Judicial Review. Nothing in this order shall
affect any otherwise available judicial review of
agency action. This order is intended only to improve
the internal management of the Federal Government and
does not create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law
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or equity by a party against the United States, its
agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 18, 2001.
[FR Doc. 01-13117
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