Federal Permitting Council Seeks OMB Approval to Reinstate Expired Information Collection (OMB Control No. 3121-0001)

The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) has announced its intent to submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an expired information collection instrument, previously authorized under OMB Control No. 3121-0001, titled 'Permitting Notice of Initiation.' This action is taken in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, which requires federal agencies to obtain OMB approval before collecting information from the public. The collection was originally published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2026, for a mandatory 60-day public comment period. No public comments were received during that window, allowing the process to advance to the formal OMB review and approval stage. The 'Permitting Notice of Initiation' form is used by project sponsors to formally notify the Permitting Council of the start of a federal environmental review or permitting process. This triggers the coordinated federal review procedures under the FAST-41 title of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Reinstatement of this collection will enable the Permitting Council to resume tracking and coordinating large infrastructure projects requiring federal environmental permits, supporting transparency and efficiency in the federal permitting process.

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