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Triggered missed date from extending EFH Consultation Request Submitted – EFH Assessment (Agency Action) within 30 days of its current target date which was 01/22/2025 and extended to 03/07/2025
The interim milestone, “ESA Consultation Package Submitted” is aligned with the date BOEM submits the draft DEIS for cooperating agency review and is dependent on NMFS receiving a consultation request from BOEM (as lead Federal agency), consisting of a draft Biological Assessment, that considers effects of all proposed Federal actions.
Triggered missed date from extending ESA Consultation Request Package Submitted (Agency Action) within 30 days of its current target date which was 01/22/2025 and extended to 03/07/2025
The Section 10/404 final completion date is dependent upon the final completion date of BOEM’s NEPA action. For this project, the USACE review will require 120 days between issuance of the ROD and issuance of USACE’s Section 10/404 decision. Therefore, an extension of the Section 10/404 final completion date is requested based upon the extension of the ROD milestone.
The result of delay of ASOW N submittal of the MMPA ITA application is shifting the remaining NEPA milestone dates. The COP Final decision milestone is dependent on the NEPA timeline.
Section 106 consultation is being conducted through the Section 106 NEPA substitution process and is interrelated with the NEPA timeline which is changing.
BLM, as part of its standard process for solar projects, requires several baseline studies before beginning NEPA. The Project Sponsor and BLM have worked together to ensure completeness of the required studies and coordinated to manage BLM review and Project Sponsor submittals to maintain progress. Through recent increased coordination, the agency and Project Sponsor agreed that additional time is needed to finalize and approve the required studies.
BLM, as part of its standard process for solar projects, requires several baseline studies before beginning NEPA. The Project Sponsor and BLM have worked together to ensure completeness of the required studies and coordinated to manage BLM review and Project Sponsor submittals to maintain progress. Through recent increased coordination, the agency and Project Sponsor agreed that additional time is needed to finalize and approve the required studies.
BLM, as part of its standard process for solar projects, requires several baseline studies before beginning NEPA. The Project Sponsor and BLM have worked together to ensure completeness of the required studies and coordinated to manage BLM review and Project Sponsor submittals to maintain progress. Through recent increased coordination, the agency and Project Sponsor agreed that additional time is needed to finalize and approve the required studies.
The FAST-41 covered Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS) Pueblo Education Network (PEN) Environmental Assessment (EA) has run into issues and needs to extend the Permitting Dashboard milestones. Due to SFIS staffing changes, it has taken time to establish training of new staff and further project execution. Since early summer 2024, consultant contracts and spending were put on hold and has resulted in a number of environmental review and permitting timeline delays.