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Permitting Action Modification History

Cancelled
While BOEM's obligations under National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and NEPA are independent, regulations implementing section 106 of NHPA at 36 CFR 800.8(c) allow the NEPA process and documentation to substitute for various aspects of the NHPA review. BOEM is using the NEPA process to fulfill its obligations under the NHPA. As such, the Section 106 consultation action milestones are interrelated with the EIS action milestones and affected commensurately by delays.
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
Consultation initiated with SHPO/THPO (Agency Action) 07-29-2025 04-29-2026 --- No
Section 106 consultation concluded (Agency Action) 04-28-2027 01-27-2028 --- No
Planned
BOEM is requesting these completion date modifications due to the timing of the Project Sponsor’s submission of a revised Construction and Operations Plan (COP) containing additional data and assessments that BOEM requires prior to issuing a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under NEPA. BOEM has requested that the revised COP contain certain survey data for one of the proposed cable routes as well as the following assessments: the Navigational Safety Risk Assessment; Historic Resources Visual Effects Assessment for certain facilities; Marine Archaeological Resource Assessment for a particular cable route; and the Terrestrial Archeological Resource Assessment for all routes and facilities in the onshore project design envelope. The Project Sponsor intends to submit the revised COP containing all the requested information on October 27, 2025.
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
Consultation initiated with SHPO/THPO (Agency Action) 07-29-2025 04-29-2026 --- No
Section 106 consultation concluded (Agency Action) 04-28-2027 01-27-2028 --- No
Planned
N/A
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
Consultation initiated with SHPO/THPO (Agency Action) 07-29-2025 07-29-2025 --- No
Section 106 consultation concluded (Agency Action) 04-28-2027 04-28-2027 --- No