Notice2021-19143
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Project on the Northeast Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf; Extension of Comment Period and Corrections
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Published
September 3, 2021
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Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
On August 31, 2021, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published the "Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Project on the Northeast Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf" in the Federal Register (86 FR 48763). The NOI announced that BOEM will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) as part of its review of a construction and operations plan submitted by Sunrise Wind LLC and provided project information. The NOI stated that comments received by September 30, 2021, will be considered. This notice corrects two statements in the NOI regarding the agreement with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the proposed foundation types. In addition, this notice extends the comment period.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 169 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 49563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19143]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No.: BOEM-2021-0052]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Project on the Northeast Atlantic Outer
Continental Shelf; Extension of Comment Period and Corrections
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period and corrections.
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SUMMARY: On August 31, 2021, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(BOEM) published the ``Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Project on the
Northeast Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf'' in the Federal Register
(86 FR 48763). The NOI announced that BOEM will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) as part of its review of a
construction and operations plan submitted by Sunrise Wind LLC and
provided project information. The NOI stated that comments received by
September 30, 2021, will be considered. This notice corrects two
statements in the NOI regarding the agreement with the New York State
Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the proposed
foundation types. In addition, this notice extends the comment period.
DATES: Comments received by October 4, 2021, will be considered.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing in any of the
following ways:
<bullet> Delivered by mail or delivery service, enclosed in an
envelope labeled ``Sunrise Wind COP EIS,'' and addressed to Program
Manager, Office of Renewable Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166; or
<bullet> Through the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> web portal: Navigate to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket No. BOEM-2021-0052. Click on
the ``Comment Now!'' button to the right of the document link. Enter
your information and comment, then click ``Submit.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787-1722 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8b5b1bbb0bdb4b4bdf6b5b7aab1b698bab7bdb5f6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe93979d969b92929bd093918c9790be9c919b93d0999188">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Technical Corrections
In the Federal Register dated August 31, 2021, on page 48764 in the
first column, line 64, under the heading ``Purpose and Need for the
Proposed Action,'' BOEM originally included the following sentences:
``This Project will help the State of New York achieve the aggressive
clean energy goals set forth in the Clean Energy Standards Order and
the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act through a power
purchase agreement (PPA) contract with the New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority to deliver 880 MW of offshore wind
energy. Sunrise Wind may modify its PPA contract with NYSERDA to
deliver up to 924 MW of offshore wind energy.''
BOEM is replacing that language with these corrected sentences:
``This Project will help the State of New York achieve the aggressive
clean energy goals set forth in the Clean Energy Standards Order and
the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act through an Offshore
Wind Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase and Sale Agreement (OREC)
with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to
deliver 880 MW of offshore wind energy. Sunrise Wind has the ability
under the OREC to deliver a maximum project capacity of 924 MW of
offshore wind energy.''
In the same edition of the Federal Register, on page 48765, first
column, line 2, under the heading ``Preliminary Proposed Action and
Alternatives,'' (which begins on previous page), BOEM included the
sentence: ``The wind turbine generator foundations may be monopiles or
gravity base structures with associated support and access structures,
in some combination or entirely of one kind.''
BOEM is replacing that language with this corrected sentence: ``The
wind turbine generators will use monopile foundations and the OCS-DC
will be on a piled jacket foundation.''
William Yancey Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-19143 Filed 9-2-21; 8:45 am]
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