Industry trade groups anticipate construction delays and cancelations, higher costs, and consumer impacts if the Trump administration’s January 24, 2017 Executive Memorandum, requiring that all new and repaired pipe be made in the U.S., is implemented. In comments filed to the Department of Commence by oil and natural gas industry trade associations, INGAA, AGA, GPA, API, and AOPL, the associations point out numerous challenges presented by the directive and various exclusions and exceptions that would need to be carved out. At the same time, the trade groups committed to engaging with the executive branch, regulators, and steel manufacturers to promote job growth and affordable energy in the U.S.
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President Directs Agencies to Expedite Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines
In his first days as President, Donald Trump issued several directives to expedite pipeline and energy infrastructure projects and bring pipe steel manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. On January 24, 2017, the President signed executive memoranda jumpstarting the stalled Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, stating “construction and operation of lawfully permitted pipeline infrastructure serves the national interest.” That same day, President Trump issued another memorandum directing the Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan requiring all new, retrofitted, repaired or expanded pipelines (or portions thereof) to use materials and equipment produced in the United States to the maximum extent possible.
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