Once in the Merger Process, can projects be taken out the process?
Yes. The four process owner agencies may take a project out of the Merger process. This decision may be made on a variety of factors (e.g., Change in project scope, selection of alternatives, reduction in anticipated wetland and stream impacts, etc.). The process owner agencies may request recommendations from other partnering agencies before the decision is made to take the project out of the Merger Process. • Which project Concurrence Points can be combined and which cannot? Under the Merger Process, Concurrence Points 1 and 2, 2 and 2A, 2A and 3, and 3 and 4A and 2A and 4A can be potentially combined. Concurrence Points 2A and 4A should be combined for pipeline projects that are inserted into the Merger process at Concurrence Point 3 or after. Concurrence Points 2 and 3 cannot be combined due to the timing of the issuance of the draft NEPA document, the initiation of the Section 404 public review and notification process and the selection of the ‘LEDPA’ from the Concurrence Point 2
