Sponsor
Dustin Johnson
Representative · R-SD
Representative · R-SD
The bill encourages states to use a federal-state coordinated review process to speed and simplify permitting for major infrastructure projects—lowering costs and increasing predictability—while raising risks to public participation, state regulatory autonomy, and local environmental and health protections.
State governments and project sponsors (developers, utilities) that opt into FPISC can shorten and streamline environmental permitting for large covered projects, reducing duplicative reviews and speeding project delivery.
Project sponsors and ultimately consumers could face lower costs because fewer duplicative federal/state reviews can reduce delay and construction/financing expenses, potentially translating to lower energy or infrastructure prices.
Federal and state agencies could achieve better coordination and predictability on environmental authorizations by using an established federal review forum (FPISC), making timelines and requirements more consistent for infrastructure projects.
Communities near covered projects — especially rural or disadvantaged areas — could face increased environmental or health risks if faster coordinated reviews cause state-specific protections or thorough analyses to be overlooked.
Local governments and the public may get less time for meaningful input and for thorough local environmental review as states feel pressure to accelerate approvals by participating in the FPISC process.
State regulatory authority over water-quality certifications and other state-level permitting could be weakened as influence shifts toward a federally coordinated process, reducing state autonomy in environmental oversight.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Advises States to participate, where practicable, in the FPISC environmental review process for FAST Act covered projects that also need Clean Water Act 401/402/404 permits.
Encourages states, where practicable, to take part in the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) environmental review and authorization process for FAST Act “covered projects” that also need Clean Water Act certifications or permits (sections 401, 402, or 404). The provision is advisory only—it does not require state participation and applies only to projects that meet the FAST Act definition of a covered project.
Official title: To encourage States to participate with the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council's online dashboard for certain covered projects.
Introduced June 25, 2025 by Dustin Johnson · Last progress June 25, 2025