The American Petroleum Institute (API) has welcomed President Obama's executive order establishing an interagency working group to "facilitate coordinated administration policy efforts to support safe and responsible unconventional domestic natural gas development." "We're pleased that the White House recognizes the need to coordinate the efforts of the 10 federal agencies that are reviewing, studying, or proposing new regulations on natural gas development and hydraulic fracturing," said Jack Gerard, API president and CEO, after attending a White House meeting on the executive order. "We have called on the White House to rein in these uncoordinated activities to avoid unnecessary and overlapping federal regulatory efforts and are pleased to see forward progress."
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