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The ESA milestones "FWS Determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal" and "ESA Consultation Concludes" are dependent on BOEM’s EIS action milestones. A shift of BOEM’s EIS action milestones by 180 days results in a commensurate shift to these ESA action milestones. Therefore, an extension is requested based upon the extension of BOEM’s EIS milestones.
The MMPA milestones "Publish Proposed ITA in the Federal Register” and “Publish Final ITA Regulations in Federal Register” are dependent on BOEM’s EIS action milestones. A shift of BOEM’s EIS action milestones by 180 days results in a commensurate shift to these MMPA action milestones. Therefore, an extension is requested based upon the extension of BOEM’s EIS milestones.
The EFH milestones "NOAA Determines EFH Assessment is Complete" and “NOAA Issues any EFH Conservation Recommendations" are dependent on BOEM’s EIS action milestones. A shift of BOEM’s EIS action milestones by 180 days results in a commensurate shift to these EFH action milestones. Therefore, an extension of the EFH milestones is requested based upon the extension of BOEM’s EIS milestones.
The ESA milestones "NOAA Determines ESA Consultation Package is Complete - Formal" and "ESA Consultation Concludes" are dependent on BOEM’s EIS action milestones. A shift of BOEM’s EIS action milestones by 180 days results in a commensurate shift to these ESA action milestones. Therefore, an extension is requested based upon the extension of BOEM’s EIS milestones.
The OCS Air Permit milestones are dependent on BOEM's EIS action milestones. With the shift in the Record of Decision (ROD) date, EPA will accordingly extend the milestone date for issuance of final decision/permit approval of the OCS Air permit.
The Section 408 milestones are dependent on BOEM’s EIS action milestones. A shift of BOEM’s EIS action milestones by 180 days results in a commensurate shift to the Section 408 action milestones. Therefore, an extension of the Section 408 milestones is requested based upon the extension of BOEM’s EIS milestones. The requested milestone changes are shown in the table below.
The Section 10/404 milestones are dependent on BOEM’s EIS action milestones. A shift of BOEM’s EIS action milestones by 180 days results in a commensurate shift to the Section 10/404 action milestones. Therefore, an extension of the Section 10/404 milestones is requested based upon the extension of BOEM’s EIS milestones.
The COP final decision/agency action milestone is dependent on the NEPA timeline and affected commensurately by delays; this 180-day shift is shown in the table below.
The “Section 106 consultation concluded” milestone is dependent on the timing of consultation meetings with consulting parties – critical milestones in the projects permitting table.
The Department’s issuance of new policies for offshore wind project reviews requires BOEM to integrate revised procedures into the NEPA process for the Vineyard Mid-Atlantic EIS. These new policies include, but are not limited to: