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Milestone Extension: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

The overall shift in completion dates on the permitting timetable is due to the timing of the project sponsor’s submission of a revised incidental take authorization (ITA) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).  BOEM uses the information in the Project Sponsor’s complete MMPA application to prepare and submit the EFH assessment and ESA biological assessment to NMFS. The NEPA process is dependent on the timing of the ESA consultation because the final environmental impact statements typically incorporate measures resulting from that consultation. 

Milestone Extension: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Permit

The overall shift in completion dates on the permitting timetable is due to the timing of the project sponsor’s submission of a revised incidental take authorization (ITA) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).  BOEM uses the information in the Project Sponsor’s complete MMPA application to prepare and submit the EFH assessment and ESA biological assessment to NMFS. The NEPA process is dependent on the timing of the ESA consultation because the final environmental impact statements typically incorporate measures resulting from that consultation. EPA’s OCS air per

Milestone Extension: Section 408 Permit

With the shift in the ROD date, USACE is accordingly extending the milestone date for issuance of the Section 408 final decision to 120 days post-ROD. Section 408 review is anticipated to conclude on the same date as Section 10/404 action

Milestone Extension: Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Incidental Take Authorization (DOC – NOAA/NMFS)

The project sponsor notified NMFS that they would not complete the acoustic modeling for their MMPA incidental take authorization application until the end of February, which caused the milestone for determining the application complete to be extended.  This extension required revisions to the subsequent MMPA milestones as well as revisions to the ESA/EFH milestones, per the dependencies and inter-relatedness of the milestones. 

Milestone Extension: Endangered Species Act Consultation (NOAA-NMFS)

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.

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