Cobra Master Development Plan Pipeline Project Gains FAST-41 Coverage
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Permitting Council Press Office (media@permitting.gov)
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2025) – The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) is pleased to announce that the Cobra Master Development Plan project is the latest to gain FAST-41 coverage. If permitted, the project would bring access to natural gas supply critical to meet the growing domestic demand, both in the project’s East Texas region and nationally.
“I’m thrilled to welcome the Cobra Master Development Plan project to FAST-41 coverage,” said Emily Domenech, Permitting Council Executive Director. “Construction of this pipeline will unlock natural gas resources and aligns with President Trump’s energy dominance agenda. I’m excited to help this project complete federal permitting and supply reliable, affordable energy to the American people.”
The project includes an approximately 11.65 mile, 20-inch trunk pipeline and associated infrastructure for the transportation and production of natural gas, and is the second project to be added to the Permitting Council’s growing portfolio of pipeline projects under the Trump administration. Based in Shelby County, TX, the pipeline will run through the Sabine National Forest, along with up to 15 well pads (both on forest and private lands) to develop their existing Federal mineral leases in the area. The approval of the Cobra Master Development Plan project will allow natural gas development to increase and scale throughout the next 10-15 years.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service serves as the lead agency for this project. Learn more about the Cobra Master Development Plan project on the Federal Permitting Dashboard. Learn more about the Permitting Council at permitting.gov.
About the Permitting Council and FAST-41
Established in 2015 by Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41), the Permitting Council is a federal agency charged with improving the transparency and predictability of the federal environmental review and authorization process for certain critical 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 White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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. FAST-41 covered projects may be in the energy production, electricity transmission, energy storage, surface transportation, aviation, ports and waterways, water resource, broadband, pipelines, manufacturing, mining, carbon capture, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and machine learning, high-performance computing and advanced computer hardware and software, quantum information science and technology, data storage and data management, and cybersecurity sectors.
The Permitting Council also serves as a federal center for permitting excellence, supporting federal efforts to improve infrastructure permitting including and beyond FAST-41 covered projects to the extent authorized by law, including activities that promote or provide for the efficient, timely, and predictable completion of environmental reviews and authorizations for federally-authorized infrastructure projects.
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Last Updated: Monday, July 14, 2025