“A Modern Permitting System Needs Modern Technology”: White House CEQ Pilot Advances Manufacturers’ Permitting Priorities
Washington, D.C. – Following the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Permitting Innovation Center’s launch of the CE Works tool, a new pilot program aimed to speed up the environmental permitting process, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons issued the following statement:
“Our government must cut the red tape to speed up manufacturers’ ability to put shovels in the ground, and a modern permitting system needs modern technology. The White House CEQ’s CE Works pilot program offers a promising path to modernize and accelerate federal environmental reviews—an important step to efficiently implementing the National Environmental Policy Act by quickly helping agencies identify cases where time-consuming reviews are not necessary.
“Reforming NEPA is a key manufacturing priority and a core pillar of the NAM’s “Manufacturing’s Roadmap to AI and Energy Dominance.” This tool provides agencies with a digital pathway to apply categorical exclusions under NEPA, and increasing the use of CATEX under NEPA—as our roadmap states—will ensure that critical energy and infrastructure projects can advance without unnecessary delays through unnecessary reviews.
“Comprehensive, commonsense permitting reform must get done this year to provide certainty for manufacturers. We look forward to continuing to work with Congress and the administration on commonsense priorities to improve the permitting process so America’s manufacturers can invest, grow jobs and compete on the global stage. We appreciate the White House CEQ for developing this innovative tool and taking this step toward meaningful permitting reform.”
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The National Association of Manufacturers is the largest manufacturing association in the United States, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states. Manufacturing employs nearly 13 million men and women, contributes $2.90 trillion to the U.S. economy annually and accounts for 53% of private-sector research and development. The NAM is the powerful voice of the manufacturing community and the leading advocate for a policy agenda that helps manufacturers compete in the global economy and create jobs across the United States. For more information about the NAM or to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, please visit www.nam.org.
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