Trump Army Corps IDs Dozens of M-U Projects for Emergency Review

On President Trump’s very first day in office, he signed an executive order called “Declaring a National Energy Emergency” (see Trump EO Declares National Energy Emergency – “Drill, Baby, Drill!”). Trump’s EO prioritizes completing energy infrastructure projects, like pipelines. It specifically talks about the Clean Water Act's Sections 403 and 404, which states like New York have used to block new pipelines. The EO contains this sentence: “Agencies are directed to use, to the fullest extent possible and consistent with applicable law, the emergency Army Corps of Engineers permitting provisions to facilitate the Nation’s energy supply.” The Army Corps recently marked for fast-track review more than 600 applications for permits. A number of them (dozens) are for shale wells and pipelines in the Marcellus/Utica region.

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