FAST-41 Missed Date:Right-of-Way Authorization (DOI-FWS): Application deemed complete (Agency Action)
Agency Milestone Date of 05/23/2023 for Application deemed complete (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
Approved
Milestone Extension: Section 408 Permit
Date needs to move 120-days after ROD (EIS milestone). The ROD date move is tied to the DEIS move date.
Milestone Extension: Construction and Operations Plan
The Delay to the DEIS due to the sponsor not providing sufficient documents , and revisions to the project design envelope as late as 3/13/2023 that requires the COP end date to move as the ROD (Under the EIS milestone) must be issued before the COP agency decision can be made.
FAST-41 Missed Date:Environmental Assessment (EA): Determination to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) (Agency Action)
Agency Milestone Date of 05/15/2023 for Determination to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
Milestone Extension: Section 106 Review
Because BOEM is meeting its Section 106 consultation obligations through the Section 106 NEPA substitution process, the Section 106 consultation will conclude simultaneously with issuance of the ROD for NEPA.
Milestone Extension: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Permit
BOEM requests an extension of the final completion date for the OCS air permit based on a one-year statutory deadline provided by the Clean Air Act for EPA to reach an OCS air permitting decision, following their determination that a project sponsor has submitted a complete application.
Milestone Extension: Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 Clean Water Act
Update: the milestone has been adjusted in accordance with BOEM's revised schedule.
Milestone Extension: Section 106 Review
After the NOI to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register, the project sponsor provided BOEM with new and updated project information regarding cable routing for Phase 2 of the project that warranted rescoping of the project. BOEM coordinated with cooperating agencies and the project sponsor on this date change.
Milestone Extension: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
BOEM requests an extension of completion dates for its NEPA action based on the following: (1) the Project Sponsor made an early design change that required re-scoping; (2) alternatives discussions between the lead and cooperating agencies; and (3) delays related to ESA and EFH consultations, which is relevant because BOEM includes information from those consultations in the final EIS.