Aligning With Industry, White House Seeks More Permitting Transparency

EPA and other agencies are preparing to submit plans to the White House to speed permitting, part of a Biden administration plan to improve permitting for clean energy and other infrastructure projects using existing authorities in a move that could also align with recent calls from industry for greater transparency into permitting requirements. According to recent guidance from the White House, agencies are facing an April 5 deadline to submit “agency action plans” to speed and improve permitting, which the...