Notice2022-16647
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Ocean Wind, LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
August 5, 2022
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Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
On June 24, 2022, BOEM published a notice of availability (NOA) in the Federal Register announcing a public comment period regarding the DEIS for Ocean Wind, LLC's (Ocean Wind) construction and operations plan (COP) for a proposed wind energy facility offshore New Jersey. BOEM is extending the comment period on the DEIS. This notice announces a 15-day extension of the public comment period from August 8, 2022, to August 23, 2022. After BOEM addresses comments provided, BOEM will publish a final environmental impact statement (FEIS). The FEIS will inform BOEM's decision whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the COP.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48038-48039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2022-0021]
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for Ocean Wind, LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New
Jersey; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement (DEIS); extension of
comment period.
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SUMMARY: On June 24, 2022, BOEM published a notice of availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register announcing a public comment period
regarding the DEIS for Ocean Wind, LLC's (Ocean Wind) construction and
operations plan (COP) for a proposed wind energy facility offshore New
Jersey. BOEM is extending the comment period on the DEIS. This notice
announces a 15-day extension of the public comment period from August
8, 2022, to August 23, 2022. After BOEM addresses comments provided,
BOEM will publish a final environmental impact statement (FEIS). The
FEIS will inform BOEM's decision whether to approve, approve with
modifications, or disapprove the COP.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than August 23, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The DEIS and detailed information about Ocean Wind's
project, including the COP, can be found on BOEM's website at: <a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/ocean-wind-1">https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/ocean-wind-1</a>. Comments
can be submitted in any of the following ways:
<bullet> In written form by mail, enclosed in an envelope labeled
``Ocean Wind 1 COP DEIS'' and addressed to Program Manager, Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
<bullet> Through the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> web portal: Navigate to
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket No. BOEM-2022-0021.
Click on the ``Comment'' button below the document link. Enter your
information and comment, then click ``Submit Comment.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Stromberg, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787-1730 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f69c9385859f9597d8858284999b94938491b69499939bd8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe949b8d8d979d9fd08d8a8c91939c9b8c99be9c919b93d0999188">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please refer to the NOA published in the
Federal Register (87 FR 37883) on June 24, 2022, for further
information. Comments already submitted in response to the June 24,
2022, NOA do not need to be resubmitted. BOEM does not consider
anonymous comments. Please include your name and address as part of
your comment. BOEM makes all comments in their entirety, including your
name and address, available for public review online and during regular
business hours. You may request that BOEM withhold your name, address,
or any other personal identifiable information (PII) included in your
comment from the public record. However, BOEM cannot guarantee that it
will be able to do so. If you wish your name, address, or other PII to
be withheld, you must state your request prominently in a cover letter
and explain the harm that you fear from its disclosure such as
unwarranted privacy invasion, embarrassment, or injury. All submissions
from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses will be
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made available for public inspection in their entirety.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq. (NEPA, as amended) and 40 CFR
1506.6.
William Y. Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2022-16647 Filed 8-4-22; 8:45 am]
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