[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 [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13117]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2001 / 
Presidential Documents

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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.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 18, 2001.

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