Report to the President: Rebuilding Americas Infrastructure: Cutting Timelines and Improving Outcomes for Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects.

摘要

Building 21st Century resilient infrastructure is vital to American competitiveness, regional economic growth and development, and local jobs. Accordingly, you made a commitment in your 2012 State of the Union Address to cut the red tape that can slow down construction of infrastructure projects. To fulfill this commitment, you signed Executive Order 13604, Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects, on March 22, 2012. This launched a Government-wide initiative to cut review and permit decision-making timelines, while improving outcomes for communities and the environment. Efforts to implement EO 13604 are led by the office of the Chief Performance Officer (CPO), working closely with the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and an interagency Steering Committee comprised of Deputy Secretaries or their equivalent from the 12 Federal agencies with major permitting and review responsibilities. Since we launched this comprehensive effort, agencies have expedited the review and permitting of 50 major infrastructure projects, including bridges, transit projects, railways, waterways, roads, and renewable energy generation projects, with time savings ranging from several months to several years. These include 14 priority projects that were identified per your memorandum of August 31, 2011 (Speeding Infrastructure Development through More Efficient and Effective Permitting and Environmental Review), and an additional 36 projects of National or Regional significance, identified in line with EO 13604.