Westwater’s Coosa Graphite Deposit Project Gains FAST-41 Status, Alabama
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The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) said Westwater Resources’ Coosa Graphite Deposit Project is the latest mining project gain FAST-41 coverage.
“I am happy to welcome the Coosa Graphite Deposit project as the 55th mining project in the FAST-41 portfolio,” said Emily Domenech, Permitting Council Executive Director.
“With 12 mining projects already permitted in just the first 14 months of the Trump administration, we have a proven record of success for FAST-41 projects. I know our process will bring the efficiency and predictability needed to get this project to the permitting finish line,” added Domenech.
Located in east-central Alabama near Rockford, in the heart of the historic, past-producing Alabama Graphite Belt, the Coosa Graphite Deposit project plans to mine 1,600 acres containing over 1.8 million tons of battery-grade natural graphite for use in the creation of lithium-iron batteries.
“Westwater welcomes the inclusion of the Coosa Graphite Project into the FAST-41 permitting process,” said Terence Cryan, executive chairman for Westwater Resources.
“As the largest and most advanced natural graphite deposit in the continental United States, Coosa is well suited to leverage the improved coordination, accountability, and transparency that FAST-41 provides, and we look forward to working closely with federal and state agencies to advance permitting,” added Cryan.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is the lead permitting agency for this project.
Learn more about this project on the Federal Permitting dashboard HERE.
The Permitting Council coordinates federal environmental reviews and authorizations for projects that seek and qualify for FAST-41 coverage. FAST-41 covered projects are entitled to comprehensive permitting timetables and transparent, collaborative management of those timetables on the Federal Permitting Dashboard. FAST-41 covered projects may be in the energy production, electricity transmission, energy storage, surface transportation, aviation, ports and waterways, water resource, broadband, pipelines, manufacturing, mining, carbon capture, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and machine learning, high-performance computing and advanced computer hardware and software, quantum information science and technology, data storage and data management, and cybersecurity sectors.
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