Federal officials pledge permitting overhaul to accelerate Alaska projects
Summary
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told a summit they plan to speed permitting, advance a 'Powering the Great American Comeback' agenda and reconsider rules they say slow development.
Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the administration is pursuing a broad deregulatory agenda and emphasized permitting reform as a top priority. "On March 12, we announced what will amount to the largest deregulatory action in the history of the country," Zeldin said, and described an agenda with pillars that include unleashing energy production and advancing cooperative federalism with states and tribes.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said federal overreach has impeded Alaska development and urged rolling back barriers to speed projects, while Energy Secretary Chris Wright said infrastructure—roads and pipelines—was essential to bring costs down for Alaskans and enable export markets. Officials repeatedly tied permitting outcomes to the timeline for converting discoveries into producing fields.
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