(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington D.C.) Congressmen Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) and Jeff Crank (R-CO-05) introduced the Expanding the FAST Track Act of 2026 yesterday. The FAST-41 program is run by the Permitting Council, a unique federal agency that is responsible for coordinating federal environmental reviews and authorizations. The Permitting Council works with complex projects which involve multiple agencies to get everyone on the same page. Projects that opt into the FAST-41 program get permitting decisions almost 18 months faster. This bipartisan legislation would lower the threshold at which projects can participate in the FAST-41 Program from $200 million to $50 million. That means more projects can get permitting decisions in a timely manner.