FAST-41 Missed Date: Section 106 Review
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
Approved
FAST-41 Missed Date: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
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
FAST-41 Missed Date: Right-of-Way Authorization (DOI-BLM)
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
Milestone Extension: Natural Gas Export Authorization
Updating the milestone target date to the actual date it was completed, July 6, 2020
FAST-41 Missed Date: Section 106 Review
Final Required Milestone Date of 06/01/2020 for Section 106 consultation concluded has passed by 5 business days
FAST-41 Missed Date: Right-of-Way Authorization (DOI-BLM)
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
Milestone Extension: Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 Clean Water Act
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.
Milestone Extension: Right-of-Way Authorization (DOI-BLM)
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.
Milestone Extension: Section 404 Clean Water Act
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.
Milestone Extension: Right-of-Way Authorization (DOI-BLM)
As I mentioned on the FAST-41 call with Jim Cason Thursday, January 23rd, we discussed two weeks ago, January 8th (and previous calls in December) that NextEra had not provided BLM and its contractor (Logan Simpson) the needed information concerning their technology changes to 3.0 MW turbines for Alternative 2. BLM had expected the information by December 1, 2019 in order to complete the analysis for the Final EIS. NextEra finally sent the data requested Friday, December 27th.