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Permitting Action Modification History

Complete
Additional time needed to complete new analysis of night time pile driving and unexploded ordnance issues as well as to incorporate General Counsel concerns to complete the Biological Opinion.
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
ESA Consultation Request Package Submitted (Agency Action) 01-17-2022 02-11-2022 --- Yes
NOAA determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal (Agency Action) 06-27-2022 09-12-2022 --- Yes
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) 12-12-2022 03-13-2023 04-03-2023 Yes
In Progress
New Project information was presented by the project sponsor on October 4, 2022. Coordination between BOEM, NOAA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was conducted to review the new Project information and to discuss the addition of this information to the ESA consultation package through a Biological Assessment addendum. BOEM coordinated with the project sponsor and received a detailed description of the new Project information on October 27, 2022 for BOEM’s analysis in the Biological Assessment addendum. BOEM submitted the revised description of the proposed action to NOAA on November 4, 2022, and BOEM will submit the comprehensive Biological Assessment addendum to NOAA by November 16, 2022. Receipt of the revised description of the proposed action on November 4, 2022 and the Biological Assessment addendum on November 16, 2022 will result in a delay to NOAA’s ability to finalize the proposed action for BOEM’s review. Additionally, NOAA will need to analyze additional activities that were not included in the original Biological Assessment. Therefore, the final milestone has been updated from February 9, 2023 to March 13, 2023.  This results in a 32-day extension due to the fact that a 30-day extension of the milestone would fall on a Saturday, and in order to have the milestone fall on a weekday, it was extended 32 days. 
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
ESA Consultation Request Package Submitted (Agency Action) 01-17-2022 02-11-2022 --- Yes
NOAA determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal (Agency Action) 06-27-2022 09-12-2022 --- Yes
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) 12-12-2022 03-13-2023 --- No
In Progress
N/A
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
ESA Consultation Request Package Submitted (Agency Action) 01-17-2022 02-11-2022 --- Yes
NOAA determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal (Agency Action) 06-27-2022 09-12-2022 --- Yes
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) 12-12-2022 02-09-2023 --- No
Planned
N/A
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
ESA Consultation Request Package Submitted (Agency Action) --- 02-11-2022 --- Yes
NOAA determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal (Agency Action) --- 09-12-2022 --- No
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) --- 02-09-2023 --- No