Notice2022-12308
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for US Wind's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Maryland
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June 8, 2022
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Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
Consistent with the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), BOEM announces its intent to prepare an EIS for the review of a construction and operations plan (COP) submitted by US Wind, Inc., (US Wind) for the construction and operation of a wind energy facility offshore Maryland with proposed interconnection locations in Sussex County, Delaware. This NOI announces the EIS scoping process for the US Wind COP. Additionally, this NOI seeks public comment and input under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and its implementing regulations. Detailed information about the proposed wind energy facility, including the COP, can be found on BOEM's website at: www.boem.gov/US-Wind.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34901-34905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12308]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM 2022-0025]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
US Wind's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Maryland
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS); request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Consistent with the regulations implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), BOEM announces its intent to prepare
an EIS for the review of a construction and operations plan (COP)
submitted by US Wind, Inc., (US Wind) for the construction and
operation of a wind energy facility offshore Maryland with proposed
interconnection locations in Sussex County, Delaware. This NOI
announces the EIS scoping process for the US Wind COP. Additionally,
this NOI seeks public comment and input under the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) and its implementing regulations. Detailed
information about the proposed wind energy facility, including the COP,
can be found on BOEM's website at: <a href="http://www.boem.gov/US-Wind">www.boem.gov/US-Wind</a>.
DATES: Comments received by July 8, 2022, will be considered.
BOEM will hold three virtual public scoping meetings for the US
Wind EIS at the following dates and times (eastern time):
<bullet> Tuesday, June 21, 5:00 p.m.;
<bullet> Thursday, June 23, 5:00 p.m.;
<bullet> Monday, June 27, 1:00 p.m.
Registration for the virtual public meetings may be completed here:
<a href="http://www.boem.gov/US-Wind">www.boem.gov/US-Wind</a>-Scoping-Virtual-Meetings or by calling (703) 787-
1346. The virtual meetings are open to the public and free to attend.
ADDRESSES: Written comments can be submitted in any of the following
ways:
<bullet> Delivered by mail or delivery service, enclosed in an
envelope labeled ``US WIND COP EIS'' and addressed to Program Manager,
Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 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">www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket No. BOEM-2022-0025. Select
the document in the search results on which you want to comment, click
on the ``Comment'' button, and follow the online instructions for
submitting your comment. A commenter's checklist is available on the
comment web page. Enter your information and comment, then click
``Submit.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Krevor, BOEM Office of Renewable
Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166,
telephone (703) 787-1346, or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#61231308000f4f2a1304170e1321030e040c4f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="febc8c979f90d0b58c9b88918cbe9c919b93d0999188">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of and Need for the Proposed Action
In Executive Order (E.O.) 14008, ``Tackling the Climate Crisis at
Home and Abroad,'' issued January 27, 2021, President Biden stated that
it is the policy of the United States:
[T]o organize and deploy the full capacity of its agencies to
combat the climate crisis to implement a Government-wide approach that
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reduces climate pollution in every sector of the economy; increases
resilience to the impacts of climate change; protects public health;
conserves our lands, waters, and biodiversity; delivers environmental
justice; and spurs well-paying union jobs and economic growth,
especially through innovation, commercialization, and deployment of
clean energy technologies and infrastructure.
Through a competitive leasing process under 30 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 585.211, BOEM awarded US Wind with Commercial Lease
OCS-A 0490 covering an area offshore Maryland (Lease Area) in 2014.
During the same competitive lease sale, BOEM also awarded US Wind with
Commercial Lease OCS-A 0489. By a lease amendment, made effective March
1, 2018, US Wind's Commercial Leases OCS-A 0489 and OCS-A 0490 were
merged into a single lease, Lease OCS-A 0490. Lease OCS-A 0489
automatically terminated. US Wind has the exclusive right to submit a
COP for activities within the Lease Area. US Wind has submitted a COP
to BOEM proposing the construction, installation, operation, and
conceptual decommissioning of an offshore wind energy facility in the
Lease Area (the Project).
US Wind's goal is to develop a commercial-scale, offshore wind
energy project in the Lease Area. The Project comprises as many as 121
wind turbine generators (WTG), up to 4 offshore substations (OSS), up
to 4 offshore export cables, and 1 meteorological tower (Met Tower),
with a total of up to 126 structures in a gridded array pattern
distributed across the Lease Area. The offshore export cables are
planned to make landfall in Sussex County, Delaware. The Project will
be interconnected to the onshore electric grid by up to four new 230 kV
export cables to new US Wind onshore substations, with an anticipated
connection to the existing Indian River Substation near Millsboro,
Delaware.
The Project would generate up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) of wind
energy to the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland, in fulfillment of
State and Federal clean energy standards and targets (see section 1.1.2
of the COP). The Project includes MarWin, a wind farm of approximately
300 MW for which US Wind was awarded offshore wind renewable energy
credits (ORECs) in 2017 by the State of Maryland; Momentum Wind,
consisting of approximately 808 MW for which the State of Maryland
awarded additional ORECs in 2021; and build out of the remainder of the
Lease Area to fulfill ongoing, government-sponsored demands for
offshore wind energy.
Based on BOEM's authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (OCSLA) to authorize renewable energy activities on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS), E.O. 14008, the shared goals of the Federal
agencies to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity
in the United States by 2030, while protecting biodiversity and
promoting ocean co-use,\1\ and in consideration of the goals of the
applicant, the purpose of BOEM's action is to determine whether to
approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove US Wind's COP. BOEM
will make this determination after weighing the factors in subsection
8(p)(4) of OCSLA that are applicable to plan decisions and in
consideration of the above goals. BOEM's action is needed to fulfill
its duties under the lease, which requires BOEM to make a decision on
the lessee's plan to construct and operate a commercial-scale, offshore
wind energy facility in the Lease Area.
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\1\ \1\ \[1]\ FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Jump starts
Offshore Wind Energy Projects to Create Jobs [verbar] The White
House, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/29/fact-sheet-biden-administration-jumpstarts-offshore-wind-energy-projects-to-create-jobs/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/29/fact-sheet-biden-administration-jumpstarts-offshore-wind-energy-projects-to-create-jobs/</a>.
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In addition, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) anticipates one or more
requests for authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) to take marine mammals incidental to construction activities
related to the Project. NMFS's issuance of an MMPA incidental take
authorization would be a major Federal action connected to BOEM's
action (40 CFR 1501.9(e)(1)).\2\ The purpose of the NMFS action--which
is a direct outcome of US Wind's request for authorization to take
marine mammals incidental to specified activities associated with the
Project (e.g., pile driving)--is to evaluate US Wind's request pursuant
to specific requirements of the MMPA and its implementing regulations
administered by NMFS, consider impacts of the applicant's activities on
relevant resources, and, if appropriate, issue the permit or
authorization. NMFS needs to render a decision regarding the request
for authorization due to NMFS' responsibilities under the MMPA (16
U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(A) & (D)) and its implementing regulations. If NMFS
makes the findings necessary to issue the requested authorization, NMFS
intends to adopt, after independent review, BOEM's EIS to support that
decision and fulfill its NEPA requirements.
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\2\ Under the MMPA, a ``take'' means ``to harass, hunt, capture,
or kill, or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill any marine
mammal'' (16 U.S.C. 1362).
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District
anticipates requests for authorization of a permit action to be
undertaken through authority delegated to the district engineer by 33
CFR 325.8, under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA)
(33 U.S.C. 403) and section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) (33 U.S.C.
1344). In addition, it is anticipated that a section 408 permission
will be required pursuant to section 14 of the RHA (33 U.S.C. 408) for
any proposed alterations that have the potential to alter, occupy, or
use any federally authorized civil works projects. The USACE considers
issuance of permits/permissions under these three delegated authorities
a major Federal action connected to BOEM's action (40 CFR
1501.9(e)(1)). The need for the Project as provided by the applicant in
section 1.1.2 of the COP and reviewed by USACE for NEPA purposes is to
provide a commercially viable offshore wind energy project within the
Lease Area to help the State of Maryland achieve its renewable energy
goals. The basic Project purpose, as determined by USACE for section
404(b)(1) guidelines evaluation, is offshore wind energy generation.
The overall Project purpose for section 404(b)(1) guidelines
evaluation, as determined by USACE, is the construction and operation
of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project for renewable
energy generation in Lease Area OCS-A 0490 offshore Maryland and
transmission/distribution to the PJM energy grid.\3\
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\3\ PJM is a regional transmission organization that coordinates
the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 States
in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest and the District of Columbia. For
more information, see <a href="https://www.pjm.com/">https://www.pjm.com/</a>.
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The purpose of USACE section 408 action as determined by EC 1165-2-
220 \4\ is to evaluate the applicant's request and determine whether
the proposed alterations are injurious to the public interest or impair
the usefulness of the USACE project. USACE section 408 permission is
needed to ensure that congressionally authorized projects continue to
provide their intended benefits to the public. USACE intends to adopt
BOEM's EIS to support its decision on any permits or permissions
requested under sections 10 of the RHA, section 404 of the CWA, and
section 408 of the RHA. The USACE would adopt
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the EIS per 40 CFR 1506.3 if, after its independent review of the
document, it concludes that the EIS satisfies USACE's comments and
recommendations. Based on its participation as a cooperating agency and
its consideration of the final EIS, USACE would issue a record of
decision (ROD) to formally document its decision on the proposed
action.
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\4\ USACE Engineer Circular titled ``Policy and Procedural
Guidance for Processing Requests to Alter US Army Corps of Engineers
Civil Works Projects Pursuant to 33 USC 408.''
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Proposed Action and Preliminary Alternatives
As noted above, US Wind proposes to construct and operate the
Project with 126 total foundation locations to be occupied by a
combination of up to 121 WTGs, up to 4 OSSs, and 1 Met Tower. The
Project would make landfall in Sussex County, Delaware. The Project
would be interconnected to the onshore electric grid by up to 4 new 230
kV export cables to new US Wind onshore substations, with an
anticipated connection to the existing Indian River Substation near
Millsboro, Delaware.
The WTG foundations would be monopiles, while the OSS foundations
may be monopiles, piled jackets, or suction-bucket foundations. The
WTGs, OSSs, foundations, and inter-array cables would be located within
the Lease Area on the U.S. OCS approximately 11.5 statute miles (mi)
(18.5 kilometers [km]) off the coast of Maryland. The offshore export
cables would be buried in the U.S. OCS and in the seabed under State
waters of Maryland and Delaware.
US Wind's Project is the action BOEM will analyze in its EIS
(Proposed Action). If any reasonable alternatives to the Proposed
Action are identified during the scoping period, BOEM will evaluate
those alternatives in the draft EIS, which will also include a no
action alternative. Under the no action alternative, BOEM would
disapprove the COP, and the proposed wind energy facility would not be
built.
Once BOEM completes the EIS and associated consultations, BOEM will
decide whether to approve, approve with modification, or disapprove the
US Wind COP. If BOEM approves the COP, US Wind must comply with all
conditions of its approval.
Summary of Potential Impacts
The draft EIS will identify, describe, and analyze the potential
effects of the Proposed Action and the alternatives on the human
environment that are reasonably foreseeable and have a reasonably close
causal relationship to the Proposed Action and the identified
alternatives. This includes effects that occur at the same time and
place as the Proposed Action and alternatives and effects caused by the
Project that are later in time or occur in a different place. Potential
impacts to resources include, but are not limited to, impacts (whether
beneficial or adverse) on air quality, water quality, bats, benthic
habitat, essential fish habitat, invertebrates, finfish, birds, marine
mammals, terrestrial and coastal habitats and fauna, sea turtles,
wetlands and other waters of the United States, commercial fisheries
and for-hire recreational fishing, cultural resources, demographics,
employment, economics, environmental justice, land use and coastal
infrastructure, navigation and vessel traffic, other marine uses,
recreation and tourism, and visual resources.
Based on a preliminary evaluation of these resources, BOEM expects
potential impacts on sea turtles and marine mammals from underwater
noise caused by construction and from collision risks with Project-
related vessel traffic. Structures installed by the Project could
permanently change benthic and fish habitats (e.g., creation of
artificial reefs). Commercial fisheries and for-hire recreational
fishing could be impacted. Project structures above the water could
affect the visual character defining historic properties and
recreational and tourism areas. Project structures also would pose an
allision and height hazard to vessels passing close by, and vessels
would, in turn, pose a hazard to the structures. Additionally, the
Project could cause conflicts with military activities, air traffic,
land-based radar services, cables and pipelines, and scientific
surveys.
Beneficial impacts are also expected by facilitating achievement of
State renewable energy goals, increasing job opportunities, improving
air quality, and reducing carbon emissions. Specifically, regarding job
opportunities, the Project is estimated to support up to an estimated
18,717 job-years, or about 2,679 jobs annually over 7 years, during the
development and construction phases of the Project. During the
operations and maintenance phase, the Project will support up to an
estimated 803 jobs annually during its 25 years of operations and
maintenance activities.
The EIS will analyze measures that would avoid, minimize, or
mitigate identified adverse impacts.
Anticipated Permits and Authorizations
In addition to the requested COP approval, various other Federal,
State, and local authorizations will be required for the Project.
Applicable Federal laws include the Endangered Species Act,
Magnuson[hyphen]Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, MMPA,
RHA, CWA, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. BOEM will also conduct
government-to-government Tribal consultations. For a detailed listing
of regulatory requirements applicable to the Project, please see the
COP, volume I, available at <a href="http://www.boem.gov/US-Wind">www.boem.gov/US-Wind</a>.
BOEM has chosen to use the NEPA process to fulfill its obligations
under NHPA. While BOEM's obligations under NHPA and NEPA are
independent, regulations implementing section 106 of NHPA, at 36 CFR
800.8(c), allow the NEPA process and documentation to substitute for
various aspects of the NHPA review. This process is intended to improve
efficiency, promote transparency and accountability, and support a
broadened discussion of potential effects that a project could have on
the human environment. During preparation of the EIS, BOEM will ensure
that the NEPA process will fully meet all NHPA obligations.
Schedule for the Decision-Making Process
After the draft EIS is completed, BOEM will publish a notice of
availability (NOA) and request public comments on the draft EIS. BOEM
currently expects to issue the NOA in August 2023. After the public
comment period ends, BOEM will review and respond to comments received
and will develop the final EIS. BOEM currently expects to make the
final EIS available to the public in April 2024. A ROD will be
completed no sooner than 30 days after the final EIS is released, in
accordance with 40 CFR 1506.11.
This Project is a ``covered project'' under title 41 of the Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). FAST-41 provides
increased transparency and predictability by requiring Federal agencies
to publish comprehensive permitting timetables for all covered
projects. FAST-41 also provides procedures for modifying permitting
timetables to address the unpredictability inherent in the
environmental review and permitting process for significant
infrastructure projects. To view the FAST-41 Permitting Dashboard for
the Project, visit: <a href="https://www.permits.performance.gov/permitting-project/maryland-offshore-wind-project">https://www.permits.performance.gov/permitting-project/maryland-offshore-wind-project</a>.
Scoping Process
This NOI commences the public scoping process to identify issues
and potential alternatives for consideration in the draft EIS. BOEM
will hold public scoping meetings at the times and dates described
above under the Dates caption. Throughout the scoping
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process, Federal agencies, Tribal, State, and local governments, and
the general public have the opportunity to help BOEM identify
significant resources and issues, impact-producing factors, reasonable
alternatives (e.g., size, geographic, seasonal, or other restrictions
on construction and siting of facilities and activities), and potential
mitigation measures to be analyzed in the EIS, as well as to provide
additional information.
As noted above, BOEM will use the NEPA process to comply with NHPA.
BOEM will consider all written requests from individuals and
organizations to participate as consulting parties under NHPA and, as
discussed below, will determine who among those parties will be a
consulting party in accordance with the NHPA regulations.
NEPA Cooperating Agencies
BOEM invites other Federal agencies and Tribal, State, and local
governments to consider becoming cooperating agencies in the
preparation of this EIS. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
NEPA regulations specify that qualified agencies and governments are
those with ``jurisdiction by law or special expertise.'' Potential
cooperating agencies should consider their authority and capacity to
assume the responsibilities of a cooperating agency and should be aware
that an agency's role in the environmental analysis neither enlarges
nor diminishes the final decision-making authority of any other agency
involved in the NEPA process.
Upon request, BOEM will provide potential cooperating agencies with
a written summary of expectations for cooperating agencies, including
schedules, milestones, responsibilities, scope and detail of
cooperating agencies' expected contributions, and availability of pre-
decisional information. BOEM anticipates this summary will form the
basis for a memorandum of agreement between BOEM and any non-Department
of the Interior cooperating agency. Agencies also should consider the
factors for determining cooperating agency status in the CEQ memorandum
entitled ``Cooperating Agencies in Implementing the Procedural
Requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act,'' dated January
30, 2002. This document is available on the internet at:
<a href="http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/nepapub/nepa_documents/RedDont/G-CEQ-CoopAgenciesImplem.pdf">www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/nepapub/nepa_documents/RedDont/G-CEQ-CoopAgenciesImplem.pdf</a>.
BOEM, as the lead agency, does not provide financial assistance to
cooperating agencies. Governmental entities that are not cooperating
agencies will have opportunities to provide information and comments to
BOEM during the public input stages of the NEPA process.
NHPA Consulting Parties
Individuals and organizations with a demonstrated interest in the
Project can request to participate as NHPA consulting parties under 36
CFR 800.2(c)(5) based on their legal or economic stake in historic
properties affected by the Project.
Before issuing this NOI, BOEM compiled a list of potential
consulting parties and invited them to become consulting parties. To
become a consulting party, those invited must respond in writing by the
requested response date.
Interested individuals and organizations that did not receive a
written invitation can request to be consulting parties by writing to
the staff NHPA contact at CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc., the third-party EIS
contractor supporting BOEM in its administration of this review. CSA's
NHPA contact for this review is Danna Allen at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6732344a300e09034a3715080d0204134a340204130e08095657512702150a4904080a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d38680fe84babdb7fe83a1bcb9b6b0a7fe80b6b0a7babcbde2e3e593b6a1befdb0bcbe">[email protected]</span></a>. BOEM will determine which interested parties may be
selected as consulting parties.
Comments
Federal agencies, Tribal, State, and local governments, and other
interested parties are requested to comment on the scope of this EIS,
significant issues that should be addressed, and alternatives that
should be considered. For information on how to submit comments, see
the Addresses section above.
BOEM does not consider anonymous comments. Please include your name
and address as part of your comment. BOEM makes all comments, including
the names, addresses, and other personally identifiable information
included in the comment, available for public review online.
Individuals can request that BOEM withhold their names, addresses, or
other personally identifiable information included in their comment
from the public record; however, BOEM cannot guarantee that it will be
able to do so. To help BOEM determine whether to withhold from
disclosure your personally identifiable information, you must identify
any information contained in your comments that, if released, would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of your privacy. You also
must briefly describe any possible harmful consequences of the
disclosure of information, such as embarrassment, injury, or other
harm.
Additionally, under section 304 of NHPA, BOEM is required, after
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to withhold the
location, character, or ownership of historic resources if it
determines that disclosure may, among other things, cause a significant
invasion of privacy, risk harm to the historic resources, or impede the
use of a traditional religious site by practitioners. Tribal entities
and other parties providing information on historic resources should
designate information that they wish to be held as confidential and
provide the reasons why BOEM should do so.
All submissions from organizations or businesses and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses will be made available for public
inspection in their entirety.
Request for Identification of Potential Alternatives, Information, and
Analyses Relevant to the Proposed Action
BOEM requests data, comments, views, information, analysis,
alternatives, or suggestions relevant to the Proposed Action from the
public; affected Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments,
agencies, and offices; the scientific community; industry; or any other
interested party. Specifically, BOEM requests information on the
following topics:
1. Potential effects that the Proposed Action could have on
biological resources, including bats, birds, coastal fauna, finfish,
invertebrates, essential fish habitat, marine mammals, and sea turtles.
2. Potential effects that the Proposed Action could have on
physical resources and conditions including air quality, water quality,
wetlands, and other waters of the United States.
3. Potential effects that the Proposed Action could have on
socioeconomic and cultural resources, including commercial fisheries
and for-hire recreational fishing, demographics, employment, economics,
environmental justice, land use and coastal infrastructure, navigation
and vessel traffic, other uses (e.g., marine minerals, military use,
aviation), recreation and tourism, and scenic and visual resources.
4. Other possible reasonable alternatives to the Proposed Action
that BOEM should consider, including additional or alternative
avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures.
5. As part of its compliance with NHPA section 106 and its
implementing regulations (36 CFR part 800), BOEM seeks comment and
input from the public and consulting parties regarding
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the identification of historic properties within the Proposed Action's
area of potential effects, the potential effects on those historic
properties from the activities proposed in the COP, and any information
that supports identification of historic properties under NHPA. BOEM
also solicits proposed measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any
adverse effects on historic properties. BOEM will present available
information regarding known historic properties during the public
scoping period at <a href="http://www.boem.gov/US-Wind">www.boem.gov/US-Wind</a>. BOEM's effects analysis for
historic properties will be available for public and consulting party
comment in the draft EIS.
6. Information on other current or planned activities in, or in the
vicinity of, the Proposed Action, their possible impacts on the
Project, and the Project's possible impacts on those activities.
7. Other information relevant to the Proposed Action and its
impacts on the human environment.
To promote informed decision-making, comments should be as specific
as possible and should provide as much detail as necessary to
meaningfully and fully inform BOEM of the commenter's position.
Comments should explain why the issues raised are important to the
consideration of potential environmental impacts and possible
alternatives to the Proposed Action as well as to economic, employment,
and other impacts affecting the quality of the human environment.
The draft EIS will include a summary of all alternatives,
information, and analyses submitted during the scoping process for
consideration by BOEM and the cooperating agencies.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and 40 CFR 1501.9.
William Yancey Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2022-12308 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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