Notice2025-22197
Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Request for Temporary Reinstatement
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Published
December 8, 2025
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Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Abstract
The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) Executive Director seeks emergency clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an expired collection of information while it pursues the normal clearance process. Emergency clearance is necessary to continue the listing of covered projects and implement Chapter 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). The Permitting Council publishes this notice in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.13 and seeks the collection of information in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 4370m-2(a)(1).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 233 (Monday, December 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 56752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22197]
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FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL
Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Request for
Temporary Reinstatement
AGENCY: Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.
ACTION: Notice of emergency request.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
(Permitting Council) Executive Director seeks emergency clearance from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an expired
collection of information while it pursues the normal clearance
process. Emergency clearance is necessary to continue the listing of
covered projects and implement Chapter 41 of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). The Permitting Council publishes
this notice in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.13 and seeks the collection
of information in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 4370m-2(a)(1).
DATES: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.13(b), the Permitting Council is
requesting approval or disapproval from OMB by close of business,
November 28, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anderson Tran at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8b9b6bcbdaaabb7b6f6acaab9b698a8bdaab5b1acacb1b6bff6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e1f101a1b0c0d1110500a0c1f103e0e1b0c13170a0a17101950191108">[email protected]</span></a>, or (202) 748-3727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Established in 2015 by Title 41 of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq., the
Permitting Council is a unique Federal agency charged with improving
the transparency and predictability of the Federal environmental review
and authorization process for certain infrastructure projects. The
Permitting Council is comprised of the Permitting Council Executive
Director, who serves as the Council Chair; 13 Federal agency Council
members (including deputy secretary-level designees of the Secretaries
of Agriculture, Army, Commerce, Interior, Energy, Transportation,
Defense, Homeland Security, and Housing and Urban Development, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chairs of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation); and the
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the
OMB. 42 U.S.C. 4370m-1(a) & (b).
The Permitting Council coordinates Federal environmental reviews
and authorizations for projects that seek and qualify for FAST-41
coverage. FAST-41 covered projects are entitled to comprehensive
permitting timetables and transparent, collaborative management of
those timetables on the Federal Permitting Dashboard in compliance with
FAST-41 procedural requirements. 42 U.S.C. 4370m-2(c) & (d). Sponsors
of FAST-41 covered projects also benefit from the direct engagement of
the Permitting Council Executive Director and the Permitting Council
members in timely identification and resolution of permitting issues
that affect covered projects' permitting timetables.
FIN Collection: FAST-41 is a voluntary program for project sponsors
to have additional support through the environmental review and
permitting process. The first step to becoming a covered project under
FAST-41 is to submit a FAST-41 Initiation Notice (FIN), required by 42
U.S.C. 4370m-2(a)(1). The FIN is required to include the purpose of the
project, a brief description, statements of technical and financial
feasibility, a statement of anticipated federal financing, reviews, and
authorizations, and an assessment of whether the project meets the
statutory definition of a ``covered project'' under FAST-41. 42 U.S.C.
4370m-2(a)(1)(C).
The FIN is a collection of information necessary for the
administration of FAST-41. Such a collection of information is required
to have approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Approval for the
FIN was originally provided to the General Services Administration
(GSA) in 2018 under OMB control number 3090-0316 and was transferred to
the Permitting Council in 2020 and became OMB control number 3121-0001.
The approval subsequently expired on January 31, 2021. The Permitting
Council now seeks to properly reinstate approval for the FIN collection
of information; however, to allow for continued agency operations and
to avoid harm to the public, the Permitting Council is seeking a
temporary approval for the collection of information in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.13 while it pursues the normal approval process.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.; 5 CFR 1320.13; 42 U.S.C. 4370m-
2(a)(1).
Dated: November 28, 2025.
Emily Domenech,
Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.
[FR Doc. 2025-22197 Filed 12-5-25; 8:45 am]
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