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

NOAA is proposing to move milestones by 2 weeks due to BOEM submittal of the BA being delayed by 2 weeks.  Proposed changes were put on the dashboard for both the "NOAA determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete" milestone and "ESA Consultation Concludes" milestone.  The final milestone is being put back to what currently shows on the backend of the dashboard so the interim milestone can be updated.  The final milestone will then be put back to what NOAA is proposing as 7/31/23.  The final milestone will not be published with the new date until an ED determination i

Milestone Extension: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

The primary driver of the schedule change, as described in the attached justification memo, is a requirement for the applicant’s contractor to recollect and test three additional sediment samples, as the original samples exceeded the holding times specified in their Corps/EPA-approved Sediment Analysis Plan and the Corps/EPA’s 2003 Regional Implementation Agreement, and could not be considered scientifically sound.  The memo also describes an additional potential risk to the schedul

Milestone Extension: Section 404 Clean Water Act, Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, and Section 103 Marine Protection,

The primary driver of the schedule change, as described in the attached memo, is a requirement for the applicant's contractor to recollect and test 3 additional sediment samples, as the original samples exceeded the holding times specified in the Corps/EPA/Approved sediment analysis plan and the Corps/EPAs 2003 Regional Implementation Agreement and cannot be considered scientifically sound. The memo also describes an additional risk to schedule associated with proposed sediment deposition sites behind Corps Levees parallel to the federal navigation channel.