The Trump administration on Tuesday announced new permitting reforms after years of the oil and gas industry calling on administrations and Congress to streamline a burdensome process. 

The new NEPA guidelines “will make our permitting process clear and efficient, bringing predictability and agility to the practice,” Ed Longanecker, president of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association, told The Center Square. “Streamlining the process allows our industry to do what it does best – deliver safe, reliable energy to Americans while strengthening energy security, driving economic growth and creating jobs. This historic, interagency effort will also help America maintain its world class environmental standards while spurring energy development when we, and our allies, need it most.”

They also said they expect Congress to take additional action to reform the permitting process.

Read more from Bethany Blankley in The Center Square.