★ Organization
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Government Body · Energy & Environment · Federal Government
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The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) is an independent federal agency, established by Title XLI of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015, that coordinates federal environmental review and permitting across more than a dozen infrastructure sectors. The council is chaired by a presidentially appointed executive director and includes deputy-secretary-level representatives from 14 federal agencies plus the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Management and Budget.
Sectors
Actions
Includes actions Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council appears on directly, plus actions flagged against the sectors it belongs to.
Trump's EPA eliminates climate endangerment finding and emission rules
Energy & Environment sector — Eliminating federal vehicle GHG standards removes compliance costs across the auto manufacturing industry and preserves demand for petroleum-based fuels, benefiting domestic oil and gas producers sector-wide.
Trump order expedites federal permits for AI data centers
Directed to designate Qualifying Projects as transparency or covered projects under FAST-41 and publish expedited review schedules on the Permitting Dashboard.
Trump creates National Energy Dominance Council chaired by Burgum
Energy & Environment sector — Nuclear, hydropower, and critical-minerals industries also fall within the council's explicit mandate alongside the fossil-fuel scope. Energy & Environment is tagged as an interim broader sector pending more granular sub-sector creation for nuclear and critical minerals.
Trump order scraps the rules behind federal environmental reviews
Energy & Environment sector — Rescinding NEPA implementing regulations shortens environmental review timelines for drilling, pipelines, LNG terminals, and other energy infrastructure, accelerating permitting across the sector.