| NLI | Mail Pre-Application Document (PAD) Questionaire to Agencies and Stakeholders |
5/31/2005 | |
| Participants | Return Questionaire to NLI |
6/15/2005 | |
| NLI | Hold Public Informational Meetings |
7/12 & 13/2005 | |
| NLI | Begin PAD Preparation |
7/15/2005 | 5.6 |
| NLI | Request FERC Designate NLI as Non-Federal Representative for Section 106 Consultation
| 7/15/2005 | 5.5(e) |
| NLI | Request FERC Designate NLI as Non-Federal Representative for ESA Consultation
| 7/15/2005 | 5.5(e) |
| FERC | Designate NLI as Non-Federal Representative for Section 106 and ESA Consultation |
8/15/2005 | 5.5(e) |
| NLI | File Notice of Intent (NOI) and PAD (w/in 5.5 years of license expiration) |
5/30/2006 | 5.5 & 5.6 |
| NLI | Issue Public Notice of NOI/PAD |
5/30/2006 | 5.3(d)(2) |
| FERC | Hold Tribal Meetings (if any) (w/in 30 days of NOI) |
6/29/2006 | 5.7 |
| FERC | Issue FERC Notice of Proceeding; Issue Scoping Document 1 (SD1) (w/in 60 days of NOI) |
6/29/2006 | 5.8(a)(c) |
| FERC | Hold Site Visit and Scoping Meetings (w/in 30 days of FERC Notice of Proceeding) |
7/25 & 26/2006 | 5.8(b)(3)(viii) |
| Participants | File Comments on PAD/SD1 and STUDY REQUESTS (w/in 60 days of FERC Notice of Proceeding) |
8/28/2006 | 5.9(a)(b) |
| FERC | Issue Scoping Document 2 (w/in 45 days of SD1 comments) |
None [¹] |
5.1 |
| NLI | File Proposed Study Plan (PSP) (w/in 45 days of PAD comments) |
10/12/2006 | 5.11(a) |
| NLI | Hold PSP Initial Meeting with Participants (w/in 30 days of PSP) |
11/7 & 8/2006 | 5.11(e) |
| Participants | File Comments on PSP (w/in 90 days of PSP) |
1/10/2007 | 5.12 |
| NLI | File Revised Study Plan (RSP) (w/in 30 days of PSP comments) |
2/9/2007 | 5.13(a) |
| Participants | File Comments on RSP (w/in 15 days of RSP) |
2/26/2007 | 5.13(b) |
| FERC | Issue Study Plan Determination (SPD) (w/in 30 days of RSP) |
3/9/2007 | 5.13(c) |
| NLI | File Draft License Application (DLA), draft Biological Assessment (if any), and draft Historic Properties Management Plan (if any) (no later than 150 days prior to Final License Application) |
7/1/2009 | 5.16(a)(b) |
| Participants | File Comments on DLA (w/in 90 days of DLA) |
9/29/2009 | 5.16(e) |
| NLI | File Final License Application (FLA) (w/in 24 months of license expiration)
[3] |
11/23/2009 | 5.17(a) |
| NLI | Request Water Quality Certificate (WQC) from MDEQ (w/in 60 days of REA notice) |
11/23/2009 | |
| NLI | Issue Notice of FLA (TWICE no later than 14 days of FLA) |
11/23/2009 | 5.17(d)(2) |
| FERC | Issue Notice of FLA (w/in 14 days of FLA) |
12/1/2009 | 5.19(a) |
| FERC | Issue Director's Determination on any Additional Study Requests and Notification of any Deficiencies (w/in 30 days of FLA) |
12/23/2009 | 5.19(d) 5.20(a)(2)
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| MDEQ | Issue Decision on Adequacy of WQC Application |
12/23/2009 | N/A |
| FERC | Issue FERC Acceptance Notice and Ready for Environmental Analysis (REA) Notice |
3/1/2010 | 5.22 |
| Participants | File Comments, Interventions and 10(a) Recommendations (w/in 60 days of FERC Acceptance Notice) |
5/1/2010 | 5.23(a) |
| FWS, MFWP | File 10(j) Recommendations |
5/1/2010 | 5.23(a) |
| FERC | Issue Single Environmental Assessment (EA) [4]; Issue Biological Assessment [5] (if any); Issue draft Programmatic Agreement for Historic Properties (if any) |
9/1/2010 | 5.24(a) |
| Participants | File Comments on EA (w/in 30 days of EA) |
10/1/2010 | 5.24(c) |
| MDEQ | Issue Tentative WQC with Schedule for Final WQC |
10/1/2010 | N/A |
| MDEQ | Hold Public Hearing on Tentative WQC (if any) |
10/15/2010 | N/A |
| MDEQ | Issue Final WQC |
11/1/2010 | N/A |
| FWS | Issue Biological Opinion (if any) |
1/15/2011 | N/A |
| FERC | Issue any New License Order |
3/15/2011 | FPA |
