Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-21544
Agency: epa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Final Report on Review of Agency Actions that Potentially Burden the Safe, Efficient Development of Domestic Energy Resources
Posted Date: 2017-11-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51160-51161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23988]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter I

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Final Report on Review of Agency Actions That Potentially Burden 
the Safe, Efficient Development of Domestic Energy Resources Under 
Executive Order 13783

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final report; notification of availability.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing the availability of its Final Report on 
Review of Agency Actions that Potentially Burden the Safe, Efficient 
Development of Domestic Energy Resources Under Executive Order 13738.

DATES: November 3, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Dravis, Office of Policy, 
Mail Code 1803-A, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: 202-564-4332; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 28, 2017, President Trump signed 
Executive Order 13783, Promoting Energy Independence and Economic 
Growth. The Executive Order establishes a national policy to promote 
the clean and safe development of domestic energy resources while 
avoiding unnecessary regulatory burdens. It directs federal agencies to 
``review all existing regulations, orders,

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guidance documents, policies, and any other similar agency actions 
(collectively, ``agency actions'') that potentially burden the 
development or use of domestically produced energy resources[.]'' \1\ 
The Executive Order also orders the EPA to review specific rules. As 
part of E.O. 13783, agencies are to develop a report detailing this 
review that includes recommendations for reducing unnecessary 
regulatory burdens. The EPA's final report is available at https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/regulatory-reform.
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    \1\ 82 FR 16093 (Mar. 28, 2017).

    Dated: October 30, 2017.
E. Scott Pruitt,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-23988 Filed 11-2-17; 8:45 am]
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