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BOEM requests an extension of completion dates for its NEPA action based on the following: (1) several updates to the Project Sponsor’s Project Design Envelope and COP; (2) the addition of a connected action to the EIS; (3) the Project Sponsor’s need to provide additional acoustic modeling information, which then needed to be incorporated into the EIS th
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.
Triggered missed date from extending ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) within 30 days of its current target date which was 03/31/2023 and extended to 05/14/2023
Due to updates to BOEM's schedule, all 408 milestone dates were adjusted to line up with the new dates
Triggered missed date from extending Completeness Determination (Agency Action) within 30 days of its current target date which was 03/24/2023 and extended to 04/26/2024
The Target Completion date is being changed as per overall changes in BOEM's schedule. The Corps' milestone is dependent on the BOEM ROD date, which also changed
Triggered missed date from extending Publication of Public Notice (Agency Action) within 30 days of its current target date which was 03/24/2023 and extended to 04/26/2024
Agency Milestone Date of 03/01/2023 for NOAA Issues any EFH Conservation Recommendations (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
The milestone was changed in accordance with BOEM's updated schedule.
A shift to the Section 408 decision date is required due to delays to the Section 106 consultation and Record of Decision (ROD) dates. The timeframe for this 408 decision is 90 days after BOEM releases the ROD.