What is a pipeline project? How does the NEPA 404 integration process affect pipeline projects?
Answer Any project existing on the date the MOU was signed (March 3, 1994) is considered a pipeline project. In Section X.A., the MOU directs pipeline projects to be made current with the process by completing all analyses from earlier stages prior to proceeding to the next point of concurrence. Once a pipeline project has been brought up to date, agencies are instructed to follow the remainder of the concurrent process presented in Appendix A of the MOU. If a pipeline project was beyond the draft EIS circulation stage when the MOU was signed, the final EIS must reflect concurrence from all involved signatory agencies up to the current point of agreement. These letters of concurrence from the involved signatory agencies must address all points of concurrence for draft and final NEPA documents outlined in Appendix A of the MOU.
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