Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

Published date31 March 2021
Record Number2021-04811
SectionProposed rules
CourtFederal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 60 (Wednesday, March 31, 2021)
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                Vol. 86
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                No. 60
                March 31, 2021
                Part XXIX Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council-----------------------------------------------------------------------Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
                Federal Register / Vol. 86 , No. 60 / Wednesday, March 31, 2021 / UA:
                Reg Flex Agenda
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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.
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                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.
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                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
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                 Regulation
                 Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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                508....................... FPISC Case 2018-001; Fees 3121-AA00
                 for Governance,
                 Oversight, and Processing
                 of Environmental Reviews
                 and Authorizations.
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                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:
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                 Action Date FR Cite
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                NPRM................................ 12/00/20 .......................
                NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/00/21 .......................
                Final Rule.......................... 03/00/21 .......................
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                 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:
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                 Action Date FR Cite
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                NPRM................................ 03/00/21 .......................
                NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/00/21 .......................
                Final Rule.......................... 06/00/21 .......................
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                 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:
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                 Action Date FR Cite
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                NPRM................................ 09/04/18 83 FR 44846
                NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/05/18 .......................
                Final Rule.......................... 03/00/21 .......................
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                 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
                [FR Doc. 2021-04811 Filed 3-30-21; 8:45 am]
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