Sometime after the Tendering Notice, FERC will typically issue a Scoping Document for its environmental review. This will include the expected date for publication of the REA Notice.
The TLP differs substantially from the ILP at this critical step. In the TLP, OEP has discretion not to publish a Scoping Document, hold a site visit, or revise any such document in response to public comments. Any such document will be published after the application is filed, while the ILP requires FERC to publish a SD-1 nearly 2.75 years earlier, just after the NOI. In the TLP, OEP does not have any obligation to consider cooperative arrangements with other agencies or tribes with jurisdiction over the affected resources.
