Texas Gateway Project Gains FAST-41 Coverage
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Permitting Council Press Office (media@permitting.gov)
WASHINGTON (July 10, 2026) – The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) is pleased to announce the latest project to gain FAST-41 coverage–the Texas Gateway Project. The 155-mile-long pipeline project will increase natural gas transportation capacity and system reliability across Texas, Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast, supporting American energy independence and long-term economic development.
“I am pleased to welcome the Texas Gateway Project to FAST-41 coverage,” said Emily Domenech, Permitting Council Executive Director. “This is exactly the kind of complex infrastructure project FAST-41 was designed to support. Under President Trump’s energy dominance agenda, the United States is leading the world in natural gas development, and our permitting system must keep pace with that growth. I look forward to working with Gulf South Pipeline Company and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure this project moves through an efficient and transparent permitting process.”
The project includes the construction of approximately 155 miles of new 36-inch and 42-inch-diameter pipeline, a new compressor station in San Jacinto County, TX, and modification to the existing Carthage Compressor Station in Panola County, TX and Magasco Compressor Station in Sabine County, TX.
By connecting natural gas supplies from key production basins the project will support growing power generation needs in Texas and Louisiana and improve energy delivery to homes, businesses, and industries.
The Texas Gateway Project is sponsored by Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission serves as the lead federal permitting agency. Learn more on the Federal Permitting Dashboard.
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: Friday, July 10, 2026