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The Programmatic Agreement (PA) will need to be revised, based on the new routes changes in New Mexico. The PA will have to be sent out to Consulting Parties for review and comment, also because the new routes in New Mexico now crosses Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) jurisdictional lands (Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge), the FWS will have to be a signatory to the PA and have detailed input into the revised PA.
FWS and BOEM are updating the final Milestone to allow sufficient time for FWS’s analysis of additional information submitted by the project sponsor and provided in a revised Biological Assessment (BA) that BOEM submitted on November 18, 2022, and to reflect Endangered Species Act (ESA) formal consultation regulatory timeframes.
Agency Milestone Date of 11/21/2022 for Completeness Determination (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
The project proponent has not submitted an application/PCN and does not anticipate doing so until January 31, 2023. The updated timeline reflects the permit review timeline to include the 401 Water Quality Certification process with the Neighboring Jurisdiction coordination with EPA.
The changes in time have been coordinated with Idaho Power (project proponent) and BLM (lead federal agency). The agencies agreed with the updated milestone dates in light of the current timeline for submitting the application.
Need Construction POD final to issue Use Authorization
The milestone for determining the EFH Assessment complete was extended due to new information from the project sponsor. Therefore, the date for issuance of any conservation recommendations is being extended commensurately.
New Project information was presented by the project sponsor on October 4, 2022. Coordination
Triggered missed date from extending Publish Proposed ITA in Federal Register (Agency Action) within 30 days of its current target date which was 11/17/2022 and extended to 12/16/2022
BOEM anticipates receiving additional EFH benthic habitat survey information on August 12, 2022 and August 26, 2022. However, the 30-day lockout period for updates to the EFH Milestones on the Dashboard is on August 13, 2022. In order to provide BOEM time to review the additional survey information and determine whether an addendum to the EFH Assessment is required, and allow NOAA/NMFS time to review an addendum (if needed), the milestone is being pushed back 30 days. Given the milestone is being extended 30 days, the milestone for issuance of conservation recommendations
The ESA consultation will evaluate the effects of the proposed activities on federally listed species and designated critical habitat. FWS will use BLM's biological assessment to complete consultation on this project.