President Biden with members of UA Local 189, Columbus, Ohio, at the Intel Chips Plant groundbreaking.
President Joe Biden's bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act not only averted economic disaster, but it included meaningful permitting reform that will create good-paying UA jobs.
- Final approval for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and the inability for further challenges to the project, which will put UA members to work finish this important pipeline.
- Streamlines the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) review process, capping the timeline at 2 years and setting page limits for the EIS.
- Streamlines the Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS) review process, capping the timeline at 1 year and setting page limits for the EAS.
- Designates a lead federal agency for the review process, preventing redundant and unnecessary reviews.
- Expands projects eligible for streamlining to include energy storage work, growing the list of eligible UA projects for a fast-tracked permitting process.
- Allows use of existing studies and agency expertise, cutting down on redundant processes.
- Clarifies definition of "major federal actions," further streamlining the permitting process.
Thanks to President Joe Biden and bipartisan majorities in Congress, these actions on permitting reform will put UA members to work modernizing our energy infrastructure.
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