Happy Tuesday!
Did anyone read The Houston
Chronicle Business Section on Friday, June 2, 2023, they
reprinted an article from the Associated Press titled, “Debt limit deal
moves pipeline, tweaks rules”? In the article,
it speaks about the agreement between the Biden Administration and Kevin McCarthy’s
House Republicans which is a win for infrastructure projects involving renewable
energy and pipelines, but still adhering to the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA). NEPA hasn’t had any real changes in almost forty
years. The agreed changes include making
permits easier to get and speeding up some project reviews and limiting the
timeframe to one or two years depending on how big an impact on the environment. They agreed to a two-year study on massive transmission
lines projects. The bipartisan group
agreed to making one federal agency in charge establishing the timeline for environmental
reviews for projects. They gave one infrastructure project, Mountain Valley
Pipeline which goes through Appalachia a final thumbs up. If you would like to read more of the article
from the Associated Press for free on Yahoo!News, please click
the link: Debt ceiling deal advances pipeline and tweaks environmental rules. But more work remains. (yahoo.com)
If you would like to read about the
Mountain Valley Pipeline, please click the link: Mountain Valley Pipeline Project |.
If you would like assistance in developing
an idea for a midstream project, contact us via the email in the blog and check
out our ESC's website!
We hope you have a great and
productive rest of your week!