Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Energy Secretary Rick Perry told an oil-industry group last week that "the Trump administration is focused on quickening the pace of oil and natural gas pipeline permitting as it works towards a mammoth reorganization of the federal government," reports S&P Global Platts, an energy newsletter.
"The government's not going to be in your way," Perry told the National Petroleum Council. "Zinke said federal rules and regulations, particularly the Endangered Species Act, have been 'abused' and the government's permitting process has become 'arbitrary,' arguing that companies should be given a clear time frame for approval," the newsletter reports.
On another topic, "Zinke said a massive reorganization of the Department of the Interior is expected to take place in 2019, fixing what he called a 'structural' issue in federal government permitting efforts, Platts reports.
"The government's not going to be in your way," Perry told the National Petroleum Council. "Zinke said federal rules and regulations, particularly the Endangered Species Act, have been 'abused' and the government's permitting process has become 'arbitrary,' arguing that companies should be given a clear time frame for approval," the newsletter reports.
On another topic, "Zinke said a massive reorganization of the Department of the Interior is expected to take place in 2019, fixing what he called a 'structural' issue in federal government permitting efforts, Platts reports.
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