Topic
Infrastructure Permitting
12 published works
Beyond the First 100 Days
A “Golden Age” of Data Center Dominance
A new executive order seeks to streamline funding for and construction of data center projects by reducing regulatory red tape. By Nikki Buffa, Aron Potash, Tal Carmeli, and Shawna Strecker…
Environmental and Climate
“It just so happens that [Governor Newsom’s Sweeping New Plan to Accelerate Infrastructure Projects] is only mostly dead.” – Miracle Max from The Princess Bride
By Megan V. Unger, Kathryn L. Oehlschlager
Governor Gavin Newsom announced proposed major new infrastructure permitting reforms on May 19, 2023 in an effort to create thousands of jobs and build California’s clean energy future. The eleven-bill…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
Executive Orders Speed Infrastructure Permitting and Create Opportunities for Utility-Scale Renewable Projects
By Amy Antoniolli, Owen E. MacBride
With city after city setting 100 percent clean energy goals and states following in lockstep, opportunities are growing for renewable energy companies to develop utility-scale projects. Project development includes the…
The Nickel Report
PHMSA and FERC Commit to Permitting Process MOU
PHMSA and FERC recently agreed to develop an MOU to refine and reduce the permit application review process for proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities.
Pipelaws
Federal Agencies Agree to Speed Project Permitting
By Troutman Pepper Pipeline Practice
The U.S. DOT and 10 other federal agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on April 9, 2018, which became effective on April 10, 2018. The MOU[1] is intended to…
Government and Public Policy
Reforming Permitting Approval Process a Centerpiece of President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
By John Mizerak, Ingrid Rechtin
Earlier this week, President Trump released the outline of his infrastructure plan, which includes over three dozen proposals intended to reduce delay, inefficiency and redundancy in the project permitting process. …
The Nickel Report
Building Trump’s America
Infrastructure takes a long time to permit in this country. Every president over the past 30-plus years has tried to streamline the federal permitting process for infrastructure. In his first…
Pipelaws
Executive Order to Expedite Infrastructure Projects
By Troutman Pepper Pipeline Practice
President Trump continues to focus on streamlining and expediting government reviews for large-scale infrastructure projects, including oil and gas pipelines. On January 24, the President signed an Executive Order (EO)…
Environment, Land & Resources
Obama Administration Releases Infrastructure Permitting Guidance
By Marc Campopiano, Andrea Hogan and Joshua Marnitz On September 22, 2015, the White House, through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ),…
Washington Energy Report
President Obama Announces Initiatives to Accelerate Infrastructure Project Permitting
On September 22, 2015, President Obama’s Administration announced concurrent actions intended to help achieve certain goals established in the Administration’s 2014 comprehensive plan to modernize infrastructure permitting. Those actions include…