Milestone Extension: Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Incidental Take Authorization (DOC – NOAA/NMFS)
Updated milestones based on BOEM's revised EIS schedule, which extended approximately one year from original dates.
Reject for Administrative Reasons
Milestone Extension: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Section 305 Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Consulta
Updated milestones based on BOEM's revised EIS schedule, which extended approximately one year from original dates.
Milestone Extension: Endangered Species Act Consultation (NOAA-NMFS)
Updated milestones based on BOEM's revised EIS schedule, which extended approximately one year from original dates.
Milestone Extension: Section 404 Clean Water Act, Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, and Section 103 Marine Protection,
The applicant had initially requested an extended review schedule for their Kitty Hawk South project with an early NOI coming in October 2022 with the DEIS NOA occurring much later in 2024. The applicant has now requested that the NOI instead come later. In order to conform to the NOI checklist, the NOI would come on approximately January 12, 2024
Milestone Extension: Endangered Species Act Consultation (DOI-FWS)
The new schedule accommodates the timing of offshore surveys and the submission of additional information needed for the NEPA process and environmental permitting.
Milestone Extension: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Permit
The new schedule accommodates the timing of offshore surveys and the submission of additional information needed for the NEPA process and environmental permitting.
Milestone Extension: Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Incidental Take Authorization (DOC – NOAA/NMFS)
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.
Milestone Extension: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Section 305 Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Consulta
The milestone for determining the EFH Assessment complete was extended due to new information from the project sponsor. Therefore, the date for issuance of any conservation recommendations is being extended commensurately.