Harbor Island Seawater Desalination Facility is the Latest Infrastructure Project to Gain FAST-41 Coverage
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Permitting Council Press Office (media@permitting.gov)
WASHINGTON (May 20, 2025) – The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) is pleased to announce the latest project to receive FAST-41 coverage, the Harbor Island Seawater Desalination Facility Project. If permitted, the project is anticipated to provide up to 100 million gallons of drinking water per day for use by residents on the Gulf coast of Texas.
“The Permitting Council is pleased to welcome the Harbor Island Seawater Desalination Facility project to the FAST-41 program,” said Acting Executive Director Manisha Patel. “Water resource projects are essential to providing safe and clean drinking water to U.S. households and our agency stands ready to bring the benefits of transparency, predictability and accountability to the permitting review of this project.”
Located near Port Aransas in Nueces County, Texas, the Harbor Island Seawater Desalination Facility project will provide up to 100 million gallons per day of drinkable water produced through reverse osmosis processing. The project is sponsored by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is evaluating their Department of the Army permit application.
Learn more about the Harbor Island Seawater Desalination Facility project 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 Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (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 composed of the Permitting Council Executive Director, who serves as the Council Chair; 13 federal agency Council members; and the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Office of the Executive Director coordinates federal environmental reviews and authorizations for projects that seek and qualify for FAST-41 coverage, which are in turn entitled to comprehensive permitting timetables and transparent, collaborative management of those timetables on the Federal Permitting Dashboard.
Learn more about the Permitting Council at permitting.gov.
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Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2025