Executive Order 13212

Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects

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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
Intel-ligence 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 or equity by a party
against the United States, its agencies or
instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any
other person.

George W. Bush
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 18, 2001.


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