Milestone Extension: Endangered Species Act Consultation (DOI-FWS)
The actions final milestone Baseline Date is incorrect. ESA Formal Consultation was initiated 7/14/2017, and the statute provides 135 days to complete the Biological Opinion.
Approved
Milestone Extension: Authorization and Certification
The project proponent told BOEM that it will not make a business-case decision to sanction the project until the end of 2018, at which point it would determine if it needs to apply to BSEE.
Milestone Extension: Section 404 Clean Water Act
The district is uncertain if it will receive the required dependencies information in time to render a decision by the original target milestone. Since modifications cannot be made in less than 30 days, we are requesting a time extension now although hope it isn't actually needed.
Milestone Extension: Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
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 target date was missed. FPISC-OED has already approved via e-mail for this update to occur.