{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-working-to-streamline-federal-permits-for-energy-development", "Hoeven Working to Streamline Federal Permits for Energy Development", "2017-12-13", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.13.17\n\t\t\t Hoeven Working to Streamline Federal Permits for Energy Development \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Senator Invites Interior Official to North Dakota to Meet with Local Energy Industry on APD Delays, See Reclamation Practices Firsthand\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTON  During a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined the need to streamline the federal permitting process for energy development. Hoeven stressed that delays in the permit process drive energy producers to avoid projects involving federal lands and mineral rights, adding cost to their operations and depriving the federal government of much-needed revenue.\r\nHoeven highlighted his legislation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mineral Spacing Act, which would direct BLM to establish a pilot program to waive the requirement for a federal permit when less than 50 percent of subsurface minerals are owned or held in trust by the federal government and there is no federal surface land. This would help free up BLMs staff and resources and address the backlog of applications for permit to drill (APD) on federal lands. Jim Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Interior, committed to work with Hoeven on this legislation and advance solutions to streamline APDs.\r\nThe delays in federal permitting impose increased costs on energy producers and consumers, while also reducing royalties to mineral holders, including the government, Hoeven said. Our legislation would give control back to majority mineral rights holders and allow BLM to better focus on its surface acres. That means BLM can get more done with greater efficiency and the federal government will have access to increased revenues. I appreciate Mr. Cason for agreeing to work with us on this legislation, which aligns with our broader effort to provide regulatory relief for all of our energy producers.\r\nIn addition, Hoeven invited Cason to North Dakota to meet with the states energy industry on the permit delays and learn firsthand about the benefits of a state-led regulatory approach. Hoeven cited the success of the states lignite coal industry and its land reclamation practices, which have been consistently recognized for their excellence by federal agencies. Hoeven said such practices stand as an example of how state primacy in regulations helps provide certainty for producers and a more timely permit process while ensuring good environmental outcomes.\r\nThe hearing comes as part of Hoevens efforts to support robust energy development for the nation, which creates good paying jobs and generates revenues for local, state and federal government. To this end, Hoeven is working to advance regulatory relief for the nations energy developers, including:\r\n \r\nStopping the Waters of the U.S. RuleHoeven worked through the Appropriations Committee to defund the regulation in 2016 and 2017. EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recentlyissueda proposal to restore the regulations that were in place prior to WOTUS, which was issued in 2015. This is the first of two steps established by the executive ordersignedby the president in February.\r\nRepealing the Stream Buffer Rule Hoeven helped introduce and pass legislation torescindthe one-size-fits-all Stream Buffer Rule, which was primarily based on mining practices in the Appalachian region and threatened to eliminate thousands of mining jobs.\r\nRolling Back Burdensome Regulations Hoeven joined the President and Interior Secretary to implement executive orders and begin rolling back regulations that hamper domestic energy production, including the EPAs costly rules for coal-generating power plants, BLMs hydraulic fracturing rule for federal lands, BLMs methane rule and the moratorium on federal coal leasing. The senator also cosponsored and voted for a resolution to repeal the BLM methane rule, for which the administration has proposed a three-year delay while it works to review and rescind the rule.\r\nRescinding BLM Planning 2.0 Hoeven cosponsored and helped pass a resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to repeal the rule. 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