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Permitting Action Modification History

Complete
N/A
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
Initial application submitted (Applicant Action) 01-10-2020 01-10-2020 --- Yes
Application deemed complete (Agency Action) 12-23-2020 12-23-2020 --- Yes
Final decision/agency action (Agency Action) 09-08-2023 02-21-2024 --- Yes
In Progress
Because the COP final completion date is contingent on issuance of the ROD, BOEM requests that the COP final completion date be extended by 30 days, to February 21, 2024 due to the ROD moving to November 21, 2023.
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
Initial application submitted (Applicant Action) 01-10-2020 01-10-2020 --- Yes
Application deemed complete (Agency Action) 12-23-2020 12-23-2020 --- Yes
Final decision/agency action (Agency Action) 09-08-2023 02-21-2024 --- No
In Progress
Several revisions to the Empire Wind COP and Project Design Envelope (PDE) have extended the length of the COP sufficiency review process beyond the initial DEIS publication milestone of August 5, 2022. Empire Wind submitted its most recent changes to its PDE and COP Volume 1 on April 4, 2022. The revised COP Volume 2 and responses to BOEM’s latest round of sufficiency review comments were then filed May 16, 2022. Finally, updates to several COP appendices and the acoustic modeling data were filed in mid-June 2022.  BOEM began preparing the DEIS in January 2022 and a partial subject matter expert (SME) review was completed in March 2022; however, the COP revisions delayed BOEM's ability to provide the DEIS to the cooperating agencies by the April 29, 2022 milestone.  BOEM was able to provide the DEIS to the cooperating agency by August 12, 2022.  BOEM then received and responded to agency comments in time for DEIS publication on the updated milestone date of November 18, 2022 (the original publication milestone for the DEIS was August 12, 2022).
Milestone Original Target Date Current Target Date Alternative Completion Date Milestone Complete?
Initial application submitted (Applicant Action) 01-10-2020 01-10-2020 --- Yes
Application deemed complete (Agency Action) 12-23-2020 12-23-2020 --- Yes
Final decision/agency action (Agency Action) 09-08-2023 01-22-2024 --- No