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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.

[FR Doc. 01–13117

Filed 5–21–01; 10:19 am]

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 18, 2001.

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