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On October 4, 2022, the FWS sent FERC a letter requesting additional information on Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC’s (MVP) Updated Supplement to the Biological Assessment (SBA2). On October 19, 2022, FERC provided FERC’s and the Service’s comments on the SBA2 to MVP.
Agency Milestone Date of 12/12/2022 for ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
Agency Milestone Date of 12/01/2022 for NOAA determines EFH Assessment is Complete (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
This milestone is dependent on the EIS ROD milestone in the EIS milestones. The ROD milestone moved due to the DEIS delay. This milestone needs to be 120 days after ROD. The DEIS delay is due to lessee not providing a complete and sufficient Historic Resources Visual Effects Assessment (HRVEA) and Terrestrial Archaeological Resources Assessment (TARA) and Visual Impact Assessment (VIA). Without this data BOEM cannot identify historic properties and assess the effects of the project or conduct necessary Section 106 consultation prior to publication of the draft EIS.
To issue this authorization USACE needs the BOEM ROD. The ROD Milestone was moved due to the delay of the DEIS.
To issue this authorization USACE needs the BOEM ROD. The ROD Milestone was moved due to the delay of the DEIS.
Agency Milestone Date of 11/16/2022 for FWS determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal (Agency Action) has passed by 1 business days
The date for publication of the final ITA regulations was revised due to the revised EIS schedule. The final ITA regulations cannot be published until the ROD is published, so had to be revised to be after the new ROD publication date. In addition the final MMPA milestone was revised due to the required 30-day period after the final ITA regulations are published.
The Delay to the DEIS due to the sponsor not providing sufficient documents requires the COP end date to move as the ROD must be issued before the COP agency decision can be made.
The proposed rule milestone date was extended to allow for time needed for review and clearance. The final rule milestone date was extended due to the fact that BOEM's EIS schedule was revised. Due to the fact that the final rule can't be published prior to the ROD, the milestone date needed to be extended.