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Jess Kramer

Jess Kramer

EPA Assistant Administrator for Water

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This action would correct a fundamentally flawed 2023 Biden EPA rule that allowed delay tactics and protracted certification timelines inconsistent with the Clean Water Act.

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Who decides if a pipeline gets built?

Rule Changes

Overseeing Section 401 rulemaking

For 50 years, states have held veto power over pipelines, dams, and power plants that cross their waterways. Now EPA wants to take it back. The agency proposed a rule on January 14, 2026, that would prevent states and tribes from blocking federally permitted energy projects based on anything beyond direct water pollution—eliminating the broader environmental reviews that have stopped projects like the Constitution Pipeline in New York.

Updated Jan 17