Milestone Extension: Endangered Species Act Consultation (DOI-FWS)
The Service and the Corps have agreed to a 30-day extension for the consultation to allow adequate time for the Corps to review and comment on the draft biological opinion.
The Service and the Corps have agreed to a 30-day extension for the consultation to allow adequate time for the Corps to review and comment on the draft biological opinion.
Triggered missed date from extending Issuance of final decision for permit/approval within 30 days of its current target date which was 10/31/2021 and extended to 01/18/2022
Due to issues regarding the sufficiency of the recently-issued FWS "Right-of-way authorization" for the project ( which may not be re-issued due to potential route changes ), the RUS currently is reevaluating the scope and alternatives for the ongoing "Final EA" analysis pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Once this reevaluation is complete, the RUS will establish an alternate completion date for the action on the Dashboard. The agency has set an alternate completion date of 11/15/2021.
Corrected date to reflect previously completed milestone
The first public notice period of the draft OCS air permit ran from 6/24/2021 through 8/9/2021. EPA is planning a second notice period in October 2021 to solicit public feedback on a change in the draft OCS air permit requirements.
On 8/19/2021, the completion date for the NOAA "Conclusion of ESA Consultation" action was changed to 10/1/2021 by agreement of the agencies. A detailed explanation for the missed 8/6/2021 completion date will be posted to the Dashboard when provided by the agencies.
The new target completion date for the ESA Consultation of September 20, 2021 has been approved by the ED.
Final Required Milestone Date of 08/06/2021 for Conclusion of ESA Consultation has passed by 5 business days
Date changed to align with ROD date.
Final Required Milestone Date of 07/01/2021 for Issuance of decision for permit/approval has passed by 5 business days