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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01956]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 18 / Wednesday, January 29, 2025 / 
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                Executive Order 14154 of January 20, 2025

                
Unleashing American Energy

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Background. America is blessed with an 
                abundance of energy and natural resources that have 
                historically powered our Nation's economic prosperity. 
                In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated 
                regulations have impeded the development of these 
                resources, limited the generation of reliable and 
                affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and 
                inflicted high energy costs upon our citizens. These 
                high energy costs devastate American consumers by 
                driving up the cost of transportation, heating, 
                utilities, farming, and manufacturing, while weakening 
                our national security.

                It is thus in the national interest to unleash 
                America's affordable and reliable energy and natural 
                resources. This will restore American prosperity--
                including for those men and women who have been 
                forgotten by our economy in recent years. It will also 
                rebuild our Nation's economic and military security, 
                which will deliver peace through strength.

                Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States:

                    (a) to encourage energy exploration and production 
                on Federal lands and waters, including on the Outer 
                Continental Shelf, in order to meet the needs of our 
                citizens and solidify the United States as a global 
                energy leader long into the future;
                    (b) to establish our position as the leading 
                producer and processor of non-fuel minerals, including 
                rare earth minerals, which will create jobs and 
                prosperity at home, strengthen supply chains for the 
                United States and its allies, and reduce the global 
                influence of malign and adversarial states;
                    (c) to protect the United States's economic and 
                national security and military preparedness by ensuring 
                that an abundant supply of reliable energy is readily 
                accessible in every State and territory of the Nation;
                    (d) to ensure that all regulatory requirements 
                related to energy are grounded in clearly applicable 
                law;
                    (e) to eliminate the ``electric vehicle (EV) 
                mandate'' and promote true consumer choice, which is 
                essential for economic growth and innovation, by 
                removing regulatory barriers to motor vehicle access; 
                by ensuring a level regulatory playing field for 
                consumer choice in vehicles; by terminating, where 
                appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to 
                limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles; and by 
                considering the elimination of unfair subsidies and 
                other ill-conceived government-imposed market 
                distortions that favor EVs over other technologies and 
                effectively mandate their purchase by individuals, 
                private businesses, and government entities alike by 
                rendering other types of vehicles unaffordable;
                    (f) to safeguard the American people's freedom to 
                choose from a variety of goods and appliances, 
                including but not limited to lightbulbs, dishwashers, 
                washing machines, gas stoves, water heaters, toilets, 
                and shower heads, and to promote market competition and 
                innovation within the manufacturing and appliance 
                industries;
                    (g) to ensure that the global effects of a rule, 
                regulation, or action shall, whenever evaluated, be 
                reported separately from its domestic costs and

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                benefits, in order to promote sound regulatory decision 
                making and prioritize the interests of the American 
                people;
                    (h) to guarantee that all executive departments and 
                agencies (agencies) provide opportunity for public 
                comment and rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific 
                analysis; and
                    (i) to ensure that no Federal funding be employed 
                in a manner contrary to the principles outlined in this 
                section, unless required by law.

                Sec. 3. Immediate Review of All Agency Actions that 
                Potentially Burden the Development of Domestic Energy 
                Resources. (a) The heads of all agencies shall review 
                all existing regulations, orders, guidance documents, 
                policies, settlements, consent orders, and any other 
                agency actions (collectively, agency actions) to 
                identify those agency actions that impose an undue 
                burden on the identification, development, or use of 
                domestic energy resources--with particular attention to 
                oil, natural gas, coal, hydropower, biofuels, critical 
                mineral, and nuclear energy resources--or that are 
                otherwise inconsistent with the policy set forth in 
                section 2 of this order, including restrictions on 
                consumer choice of vehicles and appliances.

                    (b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the 
                head of each agency shall, in consultation with the 
                director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
                and the National Economic Council (NEC), develop and 
                begin implementing action plans to suspend, revise, or 
                rescind all agency actions identified as unduly 
                burdensome under subsection (a) of this section, as 
                expeditiously as possible and consistent with 
                applicable law. The head of any agency who determines 
                that such agency does not have agency actions described 
                in subsection (a) of this section shall submit to the 
                Director of OMB a written statement to that effect and, 
                absent a determination by the Director of OMB that such 
                agency does have agency actions described in this 
                subsection, shall have no further responsibilities 
                under this section.
                    (c) Agencies shall promptly notify the Attorney 
                General of any steps taken pursuant to subsection (a) 
                of this section so that the Attorney General may, as 
                appropriate:

(i) provide notice of this Executive Order and any such actions to any 
court with jurisdiction over pending litigation in which such actions may 
be relevant; and

(ii) request that such court stay or otherwise delay further litigation, or 
seek other appropriate relief consistent with this order, pending the 
completion of the administrative actions described in this order.

                    (d) Pursuant to the policy outlined in section 2 of 
                this order, the Attorney General shall consider whether 
                pending litigation against illegal, dangerous, or 
                harmful policies should be resolved through stays or 
                other relief.

                Sec. 4. Revocation of and Revisions to Certain 
                Presidential and Regulatory Actions. (a) The following 
                are revoked and any offices established therein are 
                abolished:

(i) Executive Order 13990 of January 20, 2021 (Protecting Public Health and 
the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis);

(ii) Executive Order 13992 of January 20, 2021 (Revocation of Certain 
Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation);

(iii) Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (Tackling the Climate 
Crisis at Home and Abroad);

(iv) Executive Order 14007 of January 27, 2021 (President's Council of 
Advisors on Science and Technology);

(v) Executive Order 14013 of February 4, 2021 (Rebuilding and Enhancing 
Programs to Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change 
on Migration);

(vi) Executive Order 14027 of May 7, 2021 (Establishment of the Climate 
Change Support Office);

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(vii) Executive Order 14030 of May 20, 2021 (Climate-Related Financial 
Risk);

(viii) Executive Order 14037 of August 5, 2021 (Strengthening American 
Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks);

(ix) Executive Order 14057 of December 8, 2021 (Catalyzing Clean Energy 
Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability);

(x) Executive Order 14072 of April 22, 2022 (Strengthening the Nation's 
Forests, Communities, and Local Economies);

(xi) Executive Order 14082 of September 12, 2022 (Implementation of the 
Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 
2022); and

(xii) Executive Order 14096 of April 21, 2023 (Revitalizing Our Nation's 
Commitment to Environmental Justice for All).

                    (b) All activities, programs, and operations 
                associated with the American Climate Corps, including 
                actions taken by any agency shall be terminated 
                immediately. Within one day of the date of this order, 
                the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a letter to 
                all parties to the ``American Climate Corps Memorandum 
                of Understanding'' dated December 2023 to terminate the 
                memorandum, and the head of each party to the 
                memorandum shall agree to the termination in writing.
                    (c) Any assets, funds, or resources allocated to an 
                entity or program abolished by subsection (a) of this 
                section shall be redirected or disposed of in 
                accordance with applicable law.
                    (d) The head of any agency that has taken action 
                respecting offices and programs in subsection (a) shall 
                take all necessary steps to ensure that all such 
                actions are terminated or, if necessary, appropriate, 
                or required by law, that such activities are 
                transitioned to other agencies or entities.
                    (e) Any contract or agreement between the United 
                States and any third party on behalf of the entities or 
                programs abolished in subsection (a) of this section, 
                or in furtherance of them, shall be terminated for 
                convenience, or otherwise, as quickly as permissible 
                under the law.

                Sec. 5. Unleashing Energy Dominance through Efficient 
                Permitting. (a) Executive Order 11991 of May 24, 1977 
                (Relating to protection and enhancement of 
                environmental quality) is hereby revoked.

                    (b) To expedite and simplify the permitting 
                process, within 30 days of the date of this order, the 
                Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 
                shall provide guidance on implementing the National 
                Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
                seq., and propose rescinding CEQ's NEPA regulations 
                found at 40 CFR 1500 et seq.
                    (c) Following the provision of the guidance, the 
                Chairman of CEQ shall convene a working group to 
                coordinate the revision of agency-level implementing 
                regulations for consistency. The guidance in subsection 
                (b) and any resulting implementing regulations must 
                expedite permitting approvals and meet deadlines 
                established in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 
                (Public Law 118-5). Consistent with applicable law, all 
                agencies must prioritize efficiency and certainty over 
                any other objectives, including those of activist 
                groups, that do not align with the policy goals set 
                forth in section 2 of this order or that could 
                otherwise add delays and ambiguity to the permitting 
                process.
                    (d) The Secretaries of Defense, Interior, 
                Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, 
                Transportation, Energy, Homeland Security, the 
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
                (EPA), the Chairman of CEQ, and the heads of any other 
                relevant agencies shall undertake all available efforts 
                to eliminate all delays within their respective 
                permitting processes, including through, but not 
                limited to, the use of general permitting and permit by 
                rule. For any project an agency head deems essential 
                for the Nation's economy or national security, agencies 
                shall use all possible

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                authorities, including emergency authorities, to 
                expedite the adjudication of Federal permits. Agencies 
                shall work closely with project sponsors to realize the 
                ultimate construction or development of permitted 
                projects.
                    (e) The Director of the NEC and the Director of the 
                Office of Legislative Affairs shall jointly prepare 
                recommendations to Congress, which shall:

(i) facilitate the permitting and construction of interstate energy 
transportation and other critical energy infrastructure, including, but not 
limited to, pipelines, particularly in regions of the Nation that have 
lacked such development in recent years; and

(ii) provide greater certainty in the Federal permitting process, 
including, but not limited to, streamlining the judicial review of the 
application of NEPA.

                Sec. 6. Prioritizing Accuracy in Environmental 
                Analyses. (a) In all Federal permitting adjudications 
                or regulatory processes, all agencies shall adhere to 
                only the relevant legislated requirements for 
                environmental considerations and any considerations 
                beyond these requirements are eliminated. In fulfilling 
                all such requirements, agencies shall strictly use the 
                most robust methodologies of assessment at their 
                disposal and shall not use methodologies that are 
                arbitrary or ideologically motivated.

                    (b) The Interagency Working Group on the Social 
                Cost of Greenhouse Gases (IWG), which was established 
                pursuant to Executive Order 13990, is hereby disbanded, 
                and any guidance, instruction, recommendation, or 
                document issued by the IWG is withdrawn as no longer 
                representative of governmental policy including:

(i) the Presidential Memorandum of January 27, 2021 (Restoring Trust in 
Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking);

(ii) the Report of the Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Measurement 
Interagency Working Group of November 2023 (National Strategy to Advance an 
Integrated U.S. Greenhouse Gas Measurement, Monitoring, and Information 
System);

(iii) the Technical Support Document of February 2021 (Social Cost of 
Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 
13990); and

(iv) estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases, including the 
estimates for the social cost of carbon, the social cost of methane, or the 
social cost of nitrous oxide based, in whole or in part, on the IWG's work 
or guidance.

                    (c) The calculation of the ``social cost of 
                carbon'' is marked by logical deficiencies, a poor 
                basis in empirical science, politicization, and the 
                absence of a foundation in legislation. Its abuse 
                arbitrarily slows regulatory decisions and, by 
                rendering the United States economy internationally 
                uncompetitive, encourages a greater human impact on the 
                environment by affording less efficient foreign energy 
                producers a greater share of the global energy and 
                natural resource market. Consequently, within 60 days 
                of the date of this order, the Administrator of the EPA 
                shall issue guidance to address these harmful and 
                detrimental inadequacies, including consideration of 
                eliminating the ``social cost of carbon'' calculation 
                from any Federal permitting or regulatory decision.
                    (d) Prior to the guidance issued pursuant to 
                subsection (c) of this section, agencies shall ensure 
                estimates to assess the value of changes in greenhouse 
                gas emissions resulting from agency actions, including 
                with respect to the consideration of domestic versus 
                international effects and evaluating appropriate 
                discount rates, are, to the extent permitted by law, 
                consistent with the guidance contained in OMB Circular 
                A-4 of September 17, 2003 (Regulatory Analysis).
                    (e) Furthermore, the head of each agency shall, as 
                appropriate and consistent with applicable law, 
                initiate a process to make such changes to

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                any rule, regulation, policy or action as may be 
                necessary to ensure consistency with the Regulatory 
                Analysis.
                    (f) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the 
                Administrator of the EPA, in collaboration with the 
                heads of any other relevant agencies, shall submit 
                joint recommendations to the Director of OMB on the 
                legality and continuing applicability of the 
                Administrator's findings, ``Endangerment and Cause or 
                Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 
                202(a) of the Clean Air Act,'' Final Rule, 74 FR 66496 
                (December 15, 2009).

                Sec. 7. Terminating the Green New Deal. (a) All 
                agencies shall immediately pause the disbursement of 
                funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act 
                of 2022 (Public Law 117-169) or the Infrastructure 
                Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), including 
                but not limited to funds for electric vehicle charging 
                stations made available through the National Electric 
                Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program and the Charging 
                and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program, 
                and shall review their processes, policies, and 
                programs for issuing grants, loans, contracts, or any 
                other financial disbursements of such appropriated 
                funds for consistency with the law and the policy 
                outlined in section 2 of this order. Within 90 days of 
                the date of this order, all agency heads shall submit a 
                report to the Director of the NEC and Director of OMB 
                that details the findings of this review, including 
                recommendations to enhance their alignment with the 
                policy set forth in section 2. No funds identified in 
                this subsection (a) shall be disbursed by a given 
                agency until the Director of OMB and Assistant to the 
                President for Economic Policy have determined that such 
                disbursements are consistent with any review 
                recommendations they have chosen to adopt.

                    (b) When procuring goods and services, making 
                decisions about leases, and making other arrangements 
                that result in disbursements of Federal funds, agencies 
                shall prioritize cost-effectiveness, American workers 
                and businesses, and the sensible use of taxpayer money, 
                to the greatest extent. The Director of OMB shall 
                finalize and circulate guidelines to further implement 
                this subsection.
                    (c) All agencies shall assess whether enforcement 
                discretion of authorities and regulations can be 
                utilized to advance the policy outlined in section 2 of 
                this order. Within 30 days of the date of this order, 
                each agency shall submit a report to the Director of 
                OMB identifying any such instances.

                Sec. 8. Protecting America's National Security. (a) The 
                Secretary of Energy is directed restart reviews of 
                applications for approvals of liquified natural gas 
                export projects as expeditiously as possible, 
                consistent with applicable law. In assessing the 
                ``Public Interest'' to be advanced by any particular 
                application, the Secretary of Energy shall consider the 
                economic and employment impacts to the United States 
                and the impact to the security of allies and partners 
                that would result from granting the application.

                    (b) With respect to any proposed deepwater port for 
                the export of liquefied natural gas (project) for which 
                a favorable record of decision (ROD) has previously 
                been issued pursuant to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 
                (DWPA), 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., the Administrator of 
                the Maritime Administration (MARAD) shall, within 30 
                days of the date of this order and consistent with 
                applicable law, determine whether any refinements to 
                the project proposed subsequent to the ROD are likely 
                to result in adverse environmental consequences that 
                substantially differ from those associated with the 
                originally-evaluated project so as to present a 
                seriously different picture of the foreseeable adverse 
                environmental consequences (seriously different 
                consequences). In making this determination, MARAD 
                shall qualitatively assess any difference in adverse 
                environmental consequences between the project with and 
                without the proposed refinements, including any 
                potential consequences not addressed in the final 
                Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which shall be 
                considered adequate under NEPA notwithstanding any 
                revisions to NEPA that may have been enacted following 
                the final EIS. MARAD shall submit this determination, 
                together with a detailed justification, to the 
                Secretary of Transportation and to the President.

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                    (c) Pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, if 
                MARAD determines that such refinements are not likely 
                to result in seriously different consequences, it shall 
                include in that determination a description of the 
                refinements to supplement and update the ROD, if 
                necessary and then no later than 30 additional days, he 
                shall issue a DWPA license.
                    (d) If MARAD determines, with concurrence from the 
                Secretary of Transportation, that such proposed 
                refinements are likely to result in seriously different 
                consequences, it shall, within 60 days after submitting 
                such determination, issue an Environmental Assessment 
                (EA) examining such consequences and, with respect to 
                all other environmental consequences not changed due to 
                project refinements, shall reaffirm the conclusions of 
                the final EIS. Within 30 days after issuing the EA, 
                MARAD shall issue an addendum to the ROD, if necessary, 
                and shall, within 30 additional days, issue a DWPA 
                license consistent with the ROD.

                Sec. 9. Restoring America's Mineral Dominance. (a) The 
                Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, 
                Administrator of the EPA, Chairman of CEQ, and the 
                heads of any other relevant agencies, as appropriate, 
                shall identify all agency actions that impose undue 
                burdens on the domestic mining and processing of non-
                fuel minerals and undertake steps to revise or rescind 
                such actions.

                    (b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture 
                shall reassess any public lands withdrawals for 
                potential revision.
                    (c) The Secretary of the Interior shall instruct 
                the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey to consider 
                updating the Survey's list of critical minerals, 
                including for the potential of including uranium.
                    (d) The Secretary of the Interior shall prioritize 
                efforts to accelerate the ongoing, detailed geologic 
                mapping of the United States, with a focus on locating 
                previously unknown deposits of critical minerals.
                    (e) The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that 
                critical mineral projects, including the processing of 
                critical minerals, receive consideration for Federal 
                support, contingent on the availability of appropriated 
                funds.
                    (f) The United States Trade Representative shall 
                assess whether exploitative practices and state-
                assisted mineral projects abroad are unlawful or unduly 
                burden or restrict United States commerce.
                    (g) The Secretary of Commerce shall assess the 
                national security implications of the Nation's mineral 
                reliance and the potential for trade action.
                    (h) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall assess 
                the quantity and inflow of minerals that are likely the 
                product of forced labor into the United States and 
                whether such inflows pose a threat to national security 
                and, within 90 days of the date of this order, shall 
                provide this assessment to the Director of the NEC.
                    (i) The Secretary of Defense shall consider the 
                needs of the United States in supplying and maintaining 
                the National Defense Stockpile, review the legal 
                authorities and obligations in managing the National 
                Defense Stockpile, and take all appropriate steps to 
                ensure that the National Defense Stockpile will provide 
                a robust supply of critical minerals in event of future 
                shortfall.
                    (j) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the 
                Secretary of State, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of 
                Labor, the United States Trade Representative, and the 
                heads of any other relevant agencies, shall submit a 
                report to the Assistant to the President for Economic 
                Policy that includes policy recommendations to enhance 
                the competitiveness of American mining and refining 
                companies in other mineral-wealthy nations.
                    (k) The Secretary of State shall consider 
                opportunities to advance the mining and processing of 
                minerals within the United States through the 
                Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.

                Sec. 10. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

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(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary, 
administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented in a manner 
                consistent with applicable law and subject to the 
                availability of appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 20, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-01956
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