Milestone Extension: Section 408 Permit
Made update in accordance with email instruction received from FERC on 9 MAR and responded to by USACE by email dated 23 MAR.
Approved
Milestone Extension: Section 404 Clean Water Act
The project sponsor indicated that they are submitting a revised application in June which warrants a revision to the timeline. See Description under milestone for additional information.
Milestone Extension: Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
The COE indicated: Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered: The Target Date should be changed to 1/24/2019. This is based on FERCs revised notice of schedule dated 5/18/2018.
Milestone Extension: Right-of-Way Authorization (DOI-BLM)
The applicant's schedule for providing the BLM with information needed for the EIS has slipped. The BLM still waiting for the applicant to provide the necessary information.
Milestone Extension: Endangered Species Act Consultation (DOI-FWS)
Project proponent is several months late in submitting information. Matching ESA/MMPA timeline with NMFS consultation timelines per NMFS/USFWS/BOEM agreement.
Milestone Extension: Section 404 Clean Water Act
Agency staff tried to change the target date on December 27, 2017 (more than 30 days before the target date); however, due to staff leave over the Holidays, this update could not be made before the lock-out. Further, FPISC-OED failed to approve of the date change before the January 26, 2018 taraget date was missed. FPISC-OED has already approved via e-mail for this update to occur.
Milestone Extension: Right-of-Way Authorization (DOI-BLM)
The DEIS is delayed as a result of additional analysis completed by the applicant and BLM. The permitting timetable has been updated to reflect a new target completion date for the DEIS, and expedited scheduling for the remaining authorizations resulting in an overall decrease of 4 months over the previous target completion date for the project. (Previous NTP target 8/31/2109 - new target 4/30/2019)
Milestone Extension: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Section 305 Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Consultation
This is a planned action and NOAA has not received a request for EFH consultation nor sufficient information to initiate EFH consultation. The target completion dates for the EFH consultation associated with this project are dependencies with target completion dates based on FERC’s EIS schedule. On February 27, 2018, FERC staff paused the draft and final EIS milestones for this project because additional information from the project sponsor was required to full assess impacts of the project.
Milestone Extension: Section 404 Clean Water Act
The COE indicated the following: Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered: The Target Date should be changed to 1/24/2019. This is based on FERCs revised notice of schedule dated 5/18/2018.