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The original target date for conclusion of the ESA consultation was 7/8/21. However, on 5/27/21 BOEM transmitted South Fork's Fisheries and Research Monitoring Plan, which was not considered in BOEM's Biological Assessment (BA).
BLM received approval to proceed with publishing the FEIS on September 18, 2019 and the new protest resolution policy allows up to 50 days to resolve possible protests instead of 30 days.
NMFS consulted twice on this project. The initial request was on 01/25/16, and the second request was on 06/02/16 (for the Alternative 5 revisions). The project was put in “Paused” status in August, 2019 (after NMFS had completed our consultations) while NYC DDC re-evaluated the project design. That re-evaluation is complete and a new preferred alternative was developed, which HUD presented at the February 7, 2019 SRIRC meeting. HUD finalized the DEIS and a Notice of Availability of the DEIS was scheduled to be published in the April 5, 2019 Federal Register.
FWS is updating the target completion date of its Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act review to align with the revised EIS completion date. This change will not affect any other aspects of the permitting timetable.
The Commission’s previous notice of schedule, issued on August 31, 2018, identified issuance dates of November 8, 2019, for the final EIS, and February 6, 2020, for the final order (based on issuance of a draft EIS in February 2019). The previous notice stated that the forecasted schedule was based upon the project sponsor providing complete and timely responses to any data requests. In its partial data request responses filed in January and February 2019, the project sponsor states that it would provide the remainder of the responses in stages through July 2019.
1. The project sponsor was contacted regarding this issue. The permit was issued in error prior to NOAA ESA consultation completeness. 2. No. Removal of the "completion date" was due to suspending the permit until NOAA ESA is complete. Changing the "target completion date" to 6/10/19 was based on the lead Federal Agency's identification of this date as the "target completion date" for the NOAA ESA consultation. 3. Yes 4. This is not applicable to this issue. The dates are based on NOAA ESA consultations that are associated with a different action. Whenever that ESA 5. Yes
Additional time for interagency coordination to address NPS concerns regarding the Old Spanish Trail.
The new target dates for the export authorization is based on changes in FERC’s published schedule for the project. The export authorization is dependent on FERC's decision.