You must submit, with your SAP, detailed information to assist BOEM in complying with NEPA and other relevant laws as appropriate.
(a) A SAP submitted for an area in which BOEM has not previously reviewed site assessment activities under NEPA or other applicable Federal laws, must describe those resources, conditions, and activities listed in the following table that could be affected by your proposed activities or that could affect the activities proposed in your SAP.
(b) For a SAP submitted for an area in which BOEM has previously considered site assessment activities under applicable Federal law (e.g., a NEPA analysis and CZMA consistency determination for site assessment activities), BOEM will review the SAP to determine if its impacts are consistent with those previously considered. If the anticipated effects of your proposed SAP activities are significantly different than those previously anticipated, we may determine that additional NEPA and other relevant Federal reviews are required. In that case, BOEM will notify you of such determination, and you must submit a SAP that describes those resources, conditions, and activities listed in the following table that could be affected by your proposed activities or that could affect the activities proposed in your SAP, including: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Hazard information............ Meteorology, oceanography, sediment
transport, geology, and shallow
geological or manmade hazards.(2) Water quality................. Turbidity and total suspended solids
from construction.(3) Biological resources.......... Benthic communities, marine mammals,
sea turtles, coastal and marine
birds, fish and shellfish,
plankton, sea grasses, and other
plant life.(4) Threatened or endangered As required by the Endangered
species. Species Act (ESA) of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).(5) Sensitive biological resources Essential fish habitat, refuges,
or habitats. preserves, special management areas
identified in coastal management
programs, sanctuaries, rookeries,
hard bottom habitat, chemosynthetic
communities, calving grounds,
barrier islands, beaches, dunes,
and wetlands.(6) Archaeological resources...... As required by the NHPA (16 U.S.C.
470 et seq.), as amended.(7) Social and economic conditions Employment, existing offshore and
coastal infrastructure (including
major sources of supplies,
services, energy, and water), land
use, subsistence resources and
harvest practices, recreation,
recreational and commercial fishing
(including typical fishing seasons,
location, and type), minority and
lower income groups, coastal zone
management programs, and viewshed.(8) Coastal and marine uses....... Military activities, vessel traffic,
and energy and nonenergy mineral
exploration or development.(9) Consistency Certification..... If required by CZMA, as appropriate:
(i) 15 CFR part 930, subpart D, if
the SAP is submitted prior to lease
issuance; (ii) 15 CFR part 930,
subpart E, if the SAP is submitted
after lease issuance.------------------------------------------------------------------------(10) Other resources, conditions, As identified by BOEM.
and activities.------------------------------------------------------------------------ [79 FR 21623, Apr. 17, 2014]