(Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department on Monday unveiled a suite of orders aimed at carrying out President Donald Trump’s agenda to maximize domestic energy and minerals production and slash red tape.
In a statement, the agency said Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the former governor of North Dakota, signed six orders on his first day in office.
They directed agency staff to identify emergency and legal authorities to speed project development and permitting in line with Trump’s energy emergency declaration and to eliminate burdensome regulations in part by reviewing appropriations under the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act laws.
The statement said the agency would eliminate at least 10 regulations for every new one introduced.
One of the orders revoked Biden’s withdrawal of large areas of federal waters from new offshore oil and gas development, while another seeks to boost resource development on federal and state lands in Alaska.
(Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Leslie Adler and Jamie Freed)
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