U.S. Permitting Council and White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Tour Louisiana Infrastructure Projects
Contact Information
Permitting Council Press Office (media@permitting.gov)
This week Permitting Council Executive Director Christine Harada visited Louisiana to discuss infrastructure projects featured on the Federal Permitting Dashboard with state leaders. While there the Permitting Council team, along with White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory, met with environmental justice and energy transition leaders and engaged with Governor John Bel Edwards, his Cabinet and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, as they discussed ways to use the benefits of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) to help restore the Louisiana coastline and increase its resiliency for generations to come. Learn more here: https://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/newsroom/detail/3629
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: Thursday, April 7, 2022