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FEDERAL PERMITTING
IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL
40 CFR Part 1900
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory
and Deregulatory Actions
Federal Permitting
Improvement Steering Council.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
AGENCY:
This agenda contains the
proposed regulatory actions that the
Federal Permitting Improvement
Steering Council (Permitting Council or
FPISC) plans to undertake in the 12
months following the Permitting
Council’s spring 2020 edition of its
semiannual regulatory agenda, which
included the Permitting Council’s
previous regulatory agenda. The
Permitting Council developed this
agenda consistent with Executive Order
12866 ‘‘Regulatory Planning and
Review,’’ Executive Order 13771
‘‘Reducing Regulation and Controlling
Regulatory Costs,’’ and Executive Order
13563 ‘‘Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Cossa, General Counsel, Federal
Permitting Improvement Steering
SUMMARY:
Council, Office of the Executive
Director, 1800 G Street NW, Suite 2400,
Washington, DC 20405, (202) 255–6936,
john.cossa@fpisc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 41 of
the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (FAST–41), 42
U.S.C. 4370m et seq., created the
Permitting Council, which is comprised
of an Office of the Executive Director, 13
Federal Agency Council members, and
additional Council members Council on
Environmental Quality and Office of
Management and Budget. 42 U.S.C.
4370m–1(a) & (b). The Permitting
Council is charged with improving the
timeliness, predictability, and
transparency of the federal
environmental review and authorization
process for certain critical and high
economic value infrastructure projects
across a broad range of industry sectors,
including renewable and conventional
energy production, electricity
transmission, surface transportation,
aviation, ports and waterways, water
resource projects, broadband, pipelines,
and manufacturing. Certain actions of
the Permitting Council are rules of
general applicability that affect the
rights of the public and the regulated
community and warrant informal
rulemaking pursuant to the
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
553.
The Permitting Council’s complete
Unified Agenda will be available online
at www.reginfo.gov and
www.regulations.gov in a format that
offers users an enhanced ability to
obtain information from the Unified
Agenda database. Publication in the
Federal Register is mandated for the
regulatory flexibility agendas required
by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA),
5 U.S.C. 602. Accordingly, the
Permitting Council’s printed agenda
entries will include only:
(1) Rules that are included in the
regulatory flexibility agenda pursuant to
the RFA because they are likely to have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities;
and
(2) Rules that have been identified for
periodic review under the RFA, 5 U.S.C.
610.
Printing of the semiannual regulatory
agenda entries is limited to fields that
contain information required by the
RFA’s Unified Agenda requirements.
Dated: March 3, 2021.
Amber Levofsky,
Senior Advisor and Executive Operations
Manager.
FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
Title
506 ....................
FPISC Case 2020–001, Adding Mining as a Sector of Projects Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST–41).
Adding Land Revitalization as a Sector of Projects Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST–41).
507 ....................
3121–AA01
3121–AA02
FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL—FINAL RULE STAGE
Title
508 ....................
FPISC Case 2018–001; Fees for Governance, Oversight, and Processing of Environmental Reviews and
Authorizations.
FEDERAL PERMITTING
IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL
(FPISC)
Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Identifier No.
Sequence No.
506. FPISC Case 2020–001, Adding
Mining as a Sector of Projects Eligible
for Coverage Under Title 41 of the
Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (FAST–41)
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
4370m(6)(A)
Abstract: Title 41 of the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation Act
(FAST–41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq.,
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established the Federal Permitting
Improvement Council (Permitting
Council), which is comprised of an
Office of the Executive Director, 13
Federal Agency Council members, and
additional Council members Council on
Environmental Quality and Office of
Management and Budget. The
Permitting Council is charged with
improving the timeliness, predictability,
and transparency of the federal
environmental review and authorization
process for ‘‘covered’’ infrastructure
projects across a statutorily-identified
range of industry sectors, including
renewable and conventional energy
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production, electricity transmission,
surface transportation, aviation, ports
and waterways, water resource projects,
broadband, pipelines, and
manufacturing. FAST–41 authorizes the
Permitting Council, by majority vote of
the Council members, to add classes of
projects to those eligible for FAST–41
coverage. 42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A).
Pursuant to that authority, and
consistent with Executive Orders 13807
and 13817, the Permitting Council is
proposing to include mining as a sector
of projects eligible for coverage under
FAST–41. Inclusion of mining on the
covered sector list does not guarantee
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that any particular mining project will
be covered under FAST–41 or receive
the benefits of enhanced coordination
under the statute. A project sponsor
seeking the benefits of FAST–41 must
apply to the Permitting Council for
project coverage.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
FR Cite
12/00/20
01/00/21
I
03/00/21
I
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John Cossa, General
Counsel, Office of the Executive
Director, Federal Permitting
Improvement Steering Council, 1800 F
Street NW, Washington, DC 20006,
Phone: 202 607–3498, Email:
john.cossa@fpisc.gov.
RIN: 3121–AA01
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507. Adding Land Revitalization as a
Sector of Projects Eligible for Coverage
Under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s
Surface Transportation Act (FAST–41)
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C.
4370m(6)(A)
Abstract: Title 41 of the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation Act
(FAST–41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq.,
established the Federal Permitting
Improvement Council (Permitting
Council), which is comprised of an
Office of the Executive Director, 13
Federal Agency Council members and
additional Council members Council on
Environmental Quality and the Office of
Management and Budget. The
Permitting Council is charged with
improving the timeliness, predictability,
and transparency of the Federal
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00:59 Mar 31, 2021
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environmental review and authorization
process for covered infrastructure
projects across a statutorily-identified
range of industry sectors, including
renewable and conventional energy
production, electricity transmission,
surface transportation, aviation, ports
and waterways, water resource projects,
broadband, pipelines, and
manufacturing. FAST–41 authorizes the
Permitting Council, by majority vote of
the Council members, to add classes of
projects to those eligible for FAST–41
coverage. 42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A).
Pursuant to that authority, and
consistent with Executive Orders 13807
and 13817, the Permitting Council is
proposing to include land revitalization
as a sector of projects eligible for
coverage under FAST–41. Inclusion of
land revitalization on the covered sector
list does not guarantee that any
particular land revitalization project
will be covered under FAST–41 or
receive the benefits of enhanced
coordination under the statute. A
project sponsor seeking the benefits of
FAST–41 must apply to the Permitting
Council for project coverage.
Timetable:
Action
Date
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
FR Cite
03/00/21
04/00/21
I
06/00/21
I
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Nicholas A. Falvo,
Attorney—Advisor, Federal Permitting
Improvement Steering Council, 1800 G
Street NW, Suite 2400, Washington, DC
20006, Phone: 202 430–4463, Email:
nicholas.falvo@fpisc.gov.
RIN: 3121–AA02
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FEDERAL PERMITTING
IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL
(FPISC)
Final Rule Stage
508. FPISC Case 2018–001; Fees for
Governance, Oversight, and Processing
of Environmental Reviews and
Authorizations
E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or
Partially Exempt.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m–8
Abstract: The Permitting Council is
considering finalizing the regulation
proposed on September 4, 2018, 83 FR
44846, that would establish a fee
structure to reimburse the Permitting
Council for reasonable costs incurred in
coordinating environmental reviews and
authorizations pursuant to title 41 of the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Act (FAST–41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq.
Timetable:
Action
NPRM ..................
NPRM Comment
Period End.
Final Rule ............
Date
09/04/18
11/05/18
FR Cite
83 FR 44846
03/00/21
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Amber Levofsky,
Senior Advisor and Executive
Operations Manager, Federal Permitting
Improvement Steering Council, 1800 G
Street NW, Suite 2400, Washington, DC
20006, Phone: 202 412–2064, Email:
amber.levofsky@fpisc.gov.
RIN: 3121–AA00
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FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL
40 CFR Part 1900
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
AGENCY: Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This agenda contains the proposed regulatory actions that the
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council or
FPISC) plans to undertake in the 12 months following the Permitting
Council's spring 2020 edition of its semiannual regulatory agenda,
which included the Permitting Council's previous regulatory agenda. The
Permitting Council developed this agenda consistent with Executive
Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' Executive Order 13771
``Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,'' and Executive
Order 13563 ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Cossa, General Counsel, Federal
Permitting Improvement Steering Council, Office of the Executive
Director, 1800 G Street NW, Suite 2400, Washington, DC 20405, (202)
255-6936, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act (FAST-41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq., created the
Permitting Council, which is comprised of an Office of the Executive
Director, 13 Federal Agency Council members, and additional Council
members Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Management and
Budget. 42 U.S.C. 4370m-1(a) & (b). The Permitting Council is charged
with improving the timeliness, predictability, and transparency of the
federal environmental review and authorization process for certain
critical and high economic value infrastructure projects across a broad
range of industry sectors, including renewable and conventional energy
production, electricity transmission, surface transportation, aviation,
ports and waterways, water resource projects, broadband, pipelines, and
manufacturing. Certain actions of the Permitting Council are rules of
general applicability that affect the rights of the public and the
regulated community and warrant informal rulemaking pursuant to the
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553.
The Permitting Council's complete Unified Agenda will be available
online at www.reginfo.gov and www.regulations.gov in a format that
offers users an enhanced ability to obtain information from the Unified
Agenda database. Publication in the Federal Register is mandated for
the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 602. Accordingly, the Permitting
Council's printed agenda entries will include only:
(1) Rules that are included in the regulatory flexibility agenda
pursuant to the RFA because they are likely to have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and
(2) Rules that have been identified for periodic review under the
RFA, 5 U.S.C. 610.
Printing of the semiannual regulatory agenda entries is limited to
fields that contain information required by the RFA's Unified Agenda
requirements.
Dated: March 3, 2021.
Amber Levofsky,
Senior Advisor and Executive Operations Manager.
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
506....................... FPISC Case 2020-001, 3121-AA01
Adding Mining as a Sector
of Projects Eligible for
Coverage Under Title 41
of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation
Act (FAST-41).
507....................... Adding Land Revitalization 3121-AA02
as a Sector of Projects
Eligible for Coverage
Under Title 41 of the
Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act (FAST-
41).
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Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council--Final Rule Stage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
508....................... FPISC Case 2018-001; Fees 3121-AA00
for Governance,
Oversight, and Processing
of Environmental Reviews
and Authorizations.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL (FPISC)
Proposed Rule Stage
506. FPISC Case 2020-001, Adding Mining as a Sector of Projects
Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act (FAST-41)
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)
Abstract: Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation
Act (FAST-41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq., established the Federal
Permitting Improvement Council (Permitting Council), which is comprised
of an Office of the Executive Director, 13 Federal Agency Council
members, and additional Council members Council on Environmental
Quality and Office of Management and Budget. The Permitting Council is
charged with improving the timeliness, predictability, and transparency
of the federal environmental review and authorization process for
``covered'' infrastructure projects across a statutorily-identified
range of industry sectors, including renewable and conventional energy
production, electricity transmission, surface transportation, aviation,
ports and waterways, water resource projects, broadband, pipelines, and
manufacturing. FAST-41 authorizes the Permitting Council, by majority
vote of the Council members, to add classes of projects to those
eligible for FAST-41 coverage. 42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A). Pursuant to that
authority, and consistent with Executive Orders 13807 and 13817, the
Permitting Council is proposing to include mining as a sector of
projects eligible for coverage under FAST-41. Inclusion of mining on
the covered sector list does not guarantee
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that any particular mining project will be covered under FAST-41 or
receive the benefits of enhanced coordination under the statute. A
project sponsor seeking the benefits of FAST-41 must apply to the
Permitting Council for project coverage.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPRM................................ 12/00/20 .......................
NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/00/21 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 03/00/21 .......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John Cossa, General Counsel, Office of the
Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council,
1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: 202 607-3498, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 3121-AA01
507. Adding Land Revitalization as a Sector of Projects Eligible for
Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation
Act (FAST-41)
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A)
Abstract: Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation
Act (FAST-41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq., established the Federal
Permitting Improvement Council (Permitting Council), which is comprised
of an Office of the Executive Director, 13 Federal Agency Council
members and additional Council members Council on Environmental Quality
and the Office of Management and Budget. The Permitting Council is
charged with improving the timeliness, predictability, and transparency
of the Federal environmental review and authorization process for
covered infrastructure projects across a statutorily-identified range
of industry sectors, including renewable and conventional energy
production, electricity transmission, surface transportation, aviation,
ports and waterways, water resource projects, broadband, pipelines, and
manufacturing. FAST-41 authorizes the Permitting Council, by majority
vote of the Council members, to add classes of projects to those
eligible for FAST-41 coverage. 42 U.S.C. 4370m(6)(A). Pursuant to that
authority, and consistent with Executive Orders 13807 and 13817, the
Permitting Council is proposing to include land revitalization as a
sector of projects eligible for coverage under FAST-41. Inclusion of
land revitalization on the covered sector list does not guarantee that
any particular land revitalization project will be covered under FAST-
41 or receive the benefits of enhanced coordination under the statute.
A project sponsor seeking the benefits of FAST-41 must apply to the
Permitting Council for project coverage.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPRM................................ 03/00/21 .......................
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/00/21 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 06/00/21 .......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Nicholas A. Falvo, Attorney--Advisor, Federal
Permitting Improvement Steering Council, 1800 G Street NW, Suite 2400,
Washington, DC 20006, Phone: 202 430-4463, Email:
[email protected].
RIN: 3121-AA02
FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL (FPISC)
Final Rule Stage
508. FPISC Case 2018-001; Fees for Governance, Oversight, and
Processing of Environmental Reviews and Authorizations
E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt.
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m-8
Abstract: The Permitting Council is considering finalizing the
regulation proposed on September 4, 2018, 83 FR 44846, that would
establish a fee structure to reimburse the Permitting Council for
reasonable costs incurred in coordinating environmental reviews and
authorizations pursuant to title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act (FAST-41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq.
Timetable:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Action Date FR Cite
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NPRM................................ 09/04/18 83 FR 44846
NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/05/18 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 03/00/21 .......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Amber Levofsky, Senior Advisor and Executive
Operations Manager, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council,
1800 G Street NW, Suite 2400, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: 202 412-
2064, Email: [email protected].
RIN: 3121-AA00
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