FAST-41 Missed Date: Section 404 Clean Water Act
Triggered missed date from extending Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered within 30 days of its current target date which was 04/20/2020 and extended to 05/22/2020
Triggered missed date from extending Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered within 30 days of its current target date which was 04/20/2020 and extended to 05/22/2020
Triggered missed date from extending Section 106 consultation concluded within 30 days of its current target date which was 12/18/2019 and extended to 05/12/2020
Triggered missed date from extending Issuance of Lead Agency Record of Decision within 30 days of its current target date which was 03/27/2020 and extended to 05/08/2020
Triggered missed date from extending Issuance of decision for permit/approval within 30 days of its current target date which was 03/31/2020 and extended to 06/29/2020
Updating the milestone target date to the actual date it was completed, July 6, 2020
Final Required Milestone Date of 06/01/2020 for Section 106 consultation concluded has passed by 5 business days
Triggered missed date from extending Issuance of decision for permit/approval within 30 days of its current target date which was 07/02/2020 and extended to 07/13/2020
1) NHPA – FERC is targeting signing a programmatic agreement by end of June.
2) CZMA – NWP's understanding is the appeal process takes 9-11 months from when the CZMA appeal objection occurs. The applicant submitted their request for appeal on March 19, 2020.
3) 401 WQC – Managed by FERC. FERC's comment period on the applicant's 401 Water Quality Certification waiver closed 4 June 2020. FERC expected to act on the request; schedule/time line unknown.
The Department of Interior is requiring a joint briefing by the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service on their respective authorizations for right-of-way, scheduled for June 26, 2020. The BLM will not be able to issue its ROD until after the briefing, making June 29 the first available date for the ROD.
BLM (the lead Federal agency) executed the section 106 NHPA MOA on May 18, 2020, so USACE will now be able to complete its section 404 CWA action by June 2, 2020.