Notice2023-27561
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for Sunrise Wind, LLC's Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Offshore New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
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Published
December 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on Sunrise Wind, LLC's (Sunrise Wind) construction and operations plan (COP) for its proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Project (Project) offshore New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. 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, including the no action alternative. 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 240 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27561]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2023-0056]
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement
for Sunrise Wind, LLC's Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Offshore New York,
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; final environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the
availability of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on
Sunrise Wind, LLC's (Sunrise Wind) construction and operations plan
(COP) for its proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Project (Project) offshore New
York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. 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, including
the no action alternative. 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/sunrise-wind-activities">https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/sunrise-wind-activities</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#b0dad5c3c3d9d3d19ec3c4c2dfddd2d5c2d7f0d2dfd5dd9ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bf1fee8e8f2f8fab5e8efe9f4f6f9fee9fcdbf9f4fef6b5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: Sunrise Wind seeks approval to construct, operate,
and maintain a wind energy facility and its associated export cables on
the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore New York, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island. The Project would be developed within the range of design
parameters outlined
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in the Sunrise Wind COP, subject to the applicable mitigation measures.
The Project as proposed in the COP would include up to 94 wind
turbine generators (WTGs) within 102 potential locations, one offshore
converter station, inter-array cables linking the individual WTGs to
the offshore substation, one offshore export cable, one onshore
converter station, one fiber optic cable co-located with the onshore
transmission route, and onshore interconnection cables connecting to
the existing electrical grid in New York. The WTGs, offshore
substation, and inter-array cables would be located on the OCS
approximately 16.4 nautical miles (nm) (18.9 statute miles (mi)) south
of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, approximately 26.5 nm (30.5 mi)
east of Montauk, New York, and 14.5 nm (16.7 mi) from Block Island,
Rhode Island, within the area defined by Renewable Energy Lease OCS-A
0487. The offshore export cables would be buried below the seabed
surface on the U.S. OCS and State of New York-owned submerged lands.
The onshore export cables, substation, and grid connection would be
located in Holbrook, New York.
Alternatives: BOEM considered 16 alternatives when preparing the
draft environmental impact statement and carried forward three
alternatives for further analysis in the FEIS. These three alternatives
include two action alternatives and the no action alternative. Thirteen
alternatives were not analyzed in detail because they did not meet the
purpose and need for the proposed action or did not meet screening
criteria, which are presented in FEIS chapter 2. The screening criteria
included consistency with law and regulations; technical and economic
feasibility; environmental impacts; and geographic considerations.
Availability of the FEIS: The FEIS, Sunrise Wind COP, and
associated information are available on BOEM's website at: <a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/sunrise-wind-activities">https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/sunrise-wind-activities</a>.
BOEM has distributed digital copies of the FEIS to all parties listed
in FEIS appendix M. If you require a flash drive or paper copy, BOEM
will provide one upon request, as long as supplies are available. You
may request a flash drive or paper copy of the FEIS by contacting
Genevieve Brune at (703) 787-1553 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95f2f0fbf0e3fcf0e3f0bbf7e7e0fbf0d5f7faf0f8bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="294e4c474c5f404c5f4c074b5b5c474c694b464c44074e465f">[email protected]</span></a>.
Cooperating Agencies: The following Federal agencies and State
governmental entities participated as cooperating agencies under the
National Environmental Policy Act in the preparation of the FEIS:
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency; National Marine Fisheries Service; U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers; U.S. Coast Guard; National Park Service; U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; New York Department of State; Massachusetts Office of
Coastal Zone Management; Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management
Council; and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
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. 2023-27561 Filed 12-14-23; 8:45 am]
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