API Applauds Administration's Action to Renew Nationwide Permits

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2025 — American Petroleum Institute (API) Vice President of Upstream Holly Hopkins issued the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced a proposal to renew and revise existing nationwide permits.

“Nationwide Permits are essential to building critical infrastructure across the economy and meeting our nation’s growing energy needs. By providing greater regulatory certainty, these permits help encourage investment while helping to prevent unnecessary costs and project delays. Renewing this critical program is an essential step in fixing our nation’s broken permitting system, and we look forward to working with the administration to finalize this rule.” 

API represents all segments of America’s natural gas and oil industry, which supports nearly 11 million U.S. jobs and is backed by a growing grassroots movement of millions of Americans. Our approximately 600 members produce, process and distribute the majority of the nation’s energy, and participate in API Energy Excellence®, which is accelerating environmental and safety progress by fostering new technologies and transparent reporting. API was formed in 1919 as a standards-setting organization and has developed more than 800 standards to enhance operational and environmental safety, efficiency and sustainability.

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