Trail Ridge South Project Completes Federal Permitting
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Permitting Council Press Office (media@permitting.gov)
WASHINGTON (April 10, 2026) – The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) is pleased to announce the latest mining project to complete federal permitting–the Trail Ridge South Project in Florida.
“Congratulations to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for leading the Trail Ridge South project through federal permitting,” said Emily Domenech, Permitting Council Executive Director. “In the past year the Permitting Council has increased our mining portfolio from 1 to 56 projects, with Trail Ridge marking the 15th to finish federal permitting under FAST-41. This accomplishment comes as the result of the Permitting Council’s focused project management, bringing transparency and accountability to improve an often inefficient permitting process.”
Sponsored by the Chemours Company, the Trail Ridge South project will extract zircon, monazite, and titanium in northern Florida. This project gained FAST-41 Transparency status in response to Executive Order 14241. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers served as the lead agency for this project’s permitting process.
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, April 10, 2026