Notice2023-10890
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for Ocean Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey
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Published
May 26, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
BOEM announces the availability of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the construction and operations plan (COP) submitted by Ocean Wind LLC (Ocean Wind) for its proposed Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Project (Project) offshore New Jersey. The FEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the Project as described in the COP (the proposed action) and the alternatives to the proposed action. The FEIS will inform BOEM's decision whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the COP.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 34184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10890]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2023-0029]
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement
for Ocean Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; final environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: BOEM announces the availability of the final environmental
impact statement (FEIS) for the construction and operations plan (COP)
submitted by Ocean Wind LLC (Ocean Wind) for its proposed Ocean Wind 1
Offshore Wind Farm Project (Project) offshore New Jersey. The FEIS
analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the Project as
described in the COP (the proposed action) and the alternatives to the
proposed action. The FEIS will inform BOEM's decision whether to
approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the COP.
ADDRESSES: The FEIS and detailed information about the 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>.
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#bed4dbcdcdd7dddf90cdcaccd1d3dcdbccd9fedcd1dbd390d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fe5eafcfce6eceea1fcfbfde0e2edeafde8cfede0eae2a1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: Ocean Wind seeks approval to construct, operate,
and maintain the Project: a wind energy facility and its associated
export cables on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore New Jersey.
The Project would be developed within the range of design parameters
outlined in the Ocean Wind 1 COP, subject to applicable mitigation
measures. The Project as proposed in the COP would include up to 98
wind turbine generators (WTGs), up to 3 offshore high voltage
alternating current substations, inter-array cables linking the
individual turbines to the offshore substations, substation
interconnector cables linking the substations to each other, offshore
export cables, an onshore export cable system, 2 onshore substations,
and connections to the existing electrical grid in New Jersey. The
WTGs, offshore substations, inter-array cables, and substation
interconnector cables would be located on the OCS approximately 13
nautical miles (15 statute miles) southeast of Atlantic City, New
Jersey, within the area defined by Renewable Energy Lease OCS-A 0498
(Lease Area). The offshore export cables would be buried below the
seabed surface in the OCS and State of New Jersey-owned submerged
lands. The onshore export cables, substations, and grid connections
would be located in Ocean County and Cape May County, New Jersey.
Alternatives: BOEM considered 26 alternatives when preparing the
draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and carried forward 6
alternatives for further analysis in the DEIS and FEIS. These six
alternatives include five action alternatives and the no action
alternative. Twenty alternatives were rejected because they did not
meet the purpose and need for the proposed action or did not meet
screening criteria, which are presented appendix C of the FEIS. The
screening criteria included consistency with law and regulations,
technical and economic feasibility, environmental impact, and
geographic considerations.
Availability of the FEIS: The FEIS, Ocean Wind 1 COP, and
associated information are available 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>. BOEM has
distributed digital copies of the FEIS to all parties listed in
appendix K of the FEIS. If you require a digital copy of the FEIS on a
flash drive or paper copy, BOEM will provide one upon request, as long
as copies are available. You may request a flash drive or paper copy of
the FEIS by contacting Lisa Landers at (703) 787-1520 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e32170d1f50321f101a1b0c0d3e1c111b1350191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca86a3b9abe486aba4aeafb8b98aa8a5afa7e4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.
Cooperating Agencies: The following 11 Federal agencies and State
governmental entities participated as cooperating agencies in the
preparation of the FEIS: Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; National Marine
Fisheries Service; National Park Service; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Department of
Defense; New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection; and New York State Department of State.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq. (NEPA, as amended) and 40 CFR
1506.6.
Karen Baker,
Chief, Office of Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
[FR Doc. 2023-10890 Filed 5-25-23; 8:45 am]
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