{"id":334804,"date":"2026-01-14T12:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/?post_type=to4_article_post&#038;p=334804"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:06:51","slug":"epa-proposal-threatens-ability-to-block-pipelines-other-infrastructure-projects","status":"publish","type":"to4_article_post","link":"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/epa-proposal-threatens-ability-to-block-pipelines-other-infrastructure-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Proposal Threatens Ability to Block Pipelines, Other Infrastructure Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"truth-post-content-before\" id=\"truth-3366346530\"><div class=\"callout callout inline-callout mb-5 callout--text callout--text\" id=\"truth-304218\" data-callout-id=\"304218\" data-callout-theme=\"text\" data-callout-placement=\"Undefined\" data-callout-title=\"BCB 304218 Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news...\"><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news \u2014 make a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/support.truthout.org\/-\/XXQLBDSX\/&amp;utm_source=truthout&amp;utm_medium=bcb&amp;utm_campaign=304218\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quick donation<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Truthout today!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><aside class=\"wp-block-truthout-aside-block\">\n      <p><em>This article originally appeared on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/14012026\/epa-proposal-streamlines-oil-gas-infrastructure-approval\/\">Inside Climate News<\/a><em>, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/newsletter\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump Administration on Tuesday proposed a new rule aimed at speeding up and streamlining the permitting process for large energy and infrastructure projects, including oil and gas pipelines and facilities tied to artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rule, which does not require action by Congress, includes a suite of procedural changes to section 401 of the Clean Water Act \u2014 a law enacted in the 1970s that is the primary federal statute governing water pollution in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For decades, section 401 has granted states and tribes the authority to approve, impose conditions on, or reject, federal permits for projects that they determine will pollute or damage local waterways. <\/p><div class=\"truth-post-content-high\" id=\"truth-1294882199\"><div class=\"callout inline-callout p-4 mb-5 callout--subscribe 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It would create a standardized list of items companies must submit before a state or tribe can begin reviewing a project. \u201cWhen finalized, the proposed rule will increase transparency, efficiency and predictability for certifying authorities and the regulated community,\u201d Kramer said. It would also prohibit regulators from asking applicants to withdraw and resubmit requests in order to extend deadlines and would reinforce a firm one-year limit for making decisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in addition to making the process more streamlined, it is also restricting states and tribes, said Jon Devine, director of freshwater ecosystems at the Natural Resources Defense Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an effort to curtail the role of state and tribal water pollution control officials in looking at the impacts of federally permitted projects,\u201d Devine said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the proposal, states and authorized tribes would be limited to reviewing only the direct water-quality impacts of a project\u2019s discharges into federally protected waters and would no longer be able to consider broader water-quality effects caused by the project as a whole, said Nancy Stoner, a senior attorney at the Environmental Law &amp; Policy Center, a Chicago-based nonprofit that defends environmental and public health in the Midwest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That shift could weaken oversight of projects such as dams, she said, noting that water released from a dam may meet quality standards while the structure itself blocks fish migration and disrupts river flows \u2014 impacts the Supreme Court has previously ruled that states may consider when making certification decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stoner also warned the proposal would further limit state authority to waters still covered by the Clean Water Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/17112025\/trump-administration-weakens-waterways-wetlands-federal-protections\/\">a shrinking category after the Supreme Court\u2019s 2023 <em>Sackett<\/em> decision<\/a> and later efforts by EPA and the Army Corps to narrow which waterways qualify for federal protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, states could lose the ability to use Section 401 to protect many smaller streams, wetlands and headwaters within their borders, leaving state regulators powerless to block, or place conditions on, federally permitted projects that could damage those waters, even if they are vital to local drinking water supplies, fisheries, recreation or flood control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kramer, from the EPA, said the proposed rule is intended to curb what the agency views as misuse of Section 401 by some states to block projects for reasons unrelated to water quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kramer said the changes would ensure that section 401 \u201cis not weaponized by states to shut down projects for political purposes, as opposed to protecting water quality.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State officials, particularly in Democrat-led states, have relied on Section 401 in recent years to deny or place conditions on permits for major projects they say would have harmed local waterways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and the state\u2019s Department of Ecology relied on Section 401 to reject a critical water-quality certification for a proposed coal export terminal in Longview. State officials concluded the project would cause significant environmental harm that could not be mitigated. Courts later upheld the decision, and the ruling ultimately brought the project to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo used section 401 to deny a permit for a natural gas pipeline proposed to bring fuel from Pennsylvania into the state, citing concerns that its construction would cause significant harm to water quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has since <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/07112025\/new-york-gas-pipeline-advances\/\">approved<\/a> a permit for the same pipeline project Cuomo denied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer, EPA hosted two public webinars to solicit input on proposed changes to the law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 14 of the speakers who joined these sessions pointed to the Clean Water Act\u2019s long track record of improving water quality and said section 401 has been essential for protecting rivers and aquatic ecosystems from pollution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2026-01\/cwa401_public-listening-sessions-summary_jan2026_508c.pdf\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to an EPA summary of the discussions. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The summary states: \u201cMany of these speakers expressed concern that a new rule would weaken State and Tribal authority, arguing that such changes could undermine public health, environmental protection, and local economies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon, the agency plans to open a 30-day public comment period. 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