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Approved

Milestone Extension: Section 106 Review

The schedule for this project has been updated to reflect the changes submitted to FPISC on January 12th, 2018. The DEIS has been delayed primarily due to additional analysis required for the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, and the California Public Utilities Commission review for CEQA adequacy. DOI has identified a new target completion date for the DEIS, and is expediting the remaining schedule accordingly.

Milestone Extension: Authorization and Certification

From EPA: The date of issuance of the NPDES permit will need to be revised as a result of the overall schedule changes for the EIS. To be consistent with the new EIS timeline and expected issuance date of the EIS ROD, EPA would like the NPDES issuance date changed to November 13, 2018.

Milestone Extension: Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 Clean Water Act

An outstanding item for the Department of Army's application is the 408 review which evaluates impacts to Federal projects. The applicant submitted their application for 408 review on July 17, 2018. After the 408 review is complete, the applicant will then submit the revised mitigation plan for the Corps' review. The Corps (Regulatory) cannot issue a permit until the 408 review and mitigation are finalized. USACE's original time estimation was based on when they received a complete mitigation plan from the applicant which they were submitting after the 408 review was complete.

Milestone Extension: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

All are aware of the changes due to federal funding lapsing. Lapse in funding required public meetings to be cancelled and the public comment period to be extended through the new public meetings. Public comment period was extended 8 weeks which puts the entire schedule back 8 weeks. We were already moving as quickly as possible and we can't continue until we have all comments received. We are working to address comments now as we can, but we anticipate new comments with the meetings which need to be addressed.

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