The US Department of Interior (DOI) has announced that it will implement emergency permitting procedures to accelerate the development of domestic energy resources (mostly fossil fuels) and critical minerals. The new permitting procedures will take a multi-year process down to just 28 days at most. These measures are designed to expedite the review and approval, if appropriate, of projects related to the identification, leasing, siting, production, transportation, refining, or generation of energy within the United States.
The procedures apply to actions relating to a wide range of energy sources, including: crude oil, natural gas, lease condensates, natural gas liquids, refined petroleum products, uranium, coal, biofuels, geothermal energy, kinetic hydropower, and critical minerals.
The DOI will be adopting an alternative National Environmental Policy Act compliance process to allow for more concise documents and a compressed timeline. Thus, projects analysed in an environmental assessment, normally taking up to one year, will now be reviewed within approximately 14 days, while projects requiring a full environmental impact statement, typically a two-year process, will be reviewed in roughly 28 days.
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