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Milestone Extension: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Section 305 Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Consulta

Submitted by craig.litteken… on

The project sponsor requested the EFH milestones be revised to allow for additional time to conduct the EFH Assessment. 

Action
Project Name:
Graphite Creek Project
Responsible Agency:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Status: Cooperating under FAST-41
Status:
Planned
POC Name:
Seanbob Kelly
POC Email:
Seanbob.kelly@noaa.gov

Milestones:

EFH Consultation Request Submitted – EFH Assessment (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
NOAA Requests Additional Information (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Lead Agency Responds to Additional Information Request/EFH Assessment Resubmitted (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
NOAA determines EFH Assessment is Complete (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
NOAA Issues any EFH Conservation Recommendations (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:


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Milestone
NOAA Issues any EFH Conservation Recommendations (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Project

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

In Progress

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS

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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
09/29/2026

0 out of 5

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Mining

SECTOR
Mining

Project Category

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

Department of the Army

LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory

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Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:

Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Description:

The Graphite Creek Project is a proposed graphite open pit mine to extract graphite ore and produce a graphite concentrate for further processing and manufacturing of Coated Spherical Graphite, primarily for the electric vehicle lithium-ion battery and energy storage markets, as well as other high grade graphite products.  Graphite ore mined from the Graphite Creek Property, situated on the Seward Peninsula about 37 miles north of Nome, Alaska, would be processed into concentrate at a mineral processing plant to be located adjacent to the mine.

field_status
Approved
System Comments
Furthest out
Original Target Date: 03/20/2026
Milestone: NOAA Issues any EFH Conservation Recommendations (Agency Action)

Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:

NOAA Issues any EFH Conservation Recommendations (Agency Action) extended by 149
From: 03/20/2026
To: 08/16/2026
Approver Comments
Executive Director Determination signed on 9/26/25.
Missed Date Process
No
Missed Date Triggered by Extension
No
Original Milestone
NOAA Issues any EFH Conservation Recommendations (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Furthest Original Target Date Milestone
NOAA Issues any EFH Conservation Recommendations (Agency Action)
Current Target Date: