Notice2024-04246
Notice of Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Expected Wind Energy Development in the New York Bight; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
February 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
On January 12, 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a notice of availability (NOA) in the Federal Register announcing a public comment period for the draft programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) that analyzes the potential impacts of wind energy development in six lease areas of the New York (NY) Bight. BOEM is extending the comment period on the draft PEIS. This notice announces an extension of the public comment period, which will now end on March 13, 2024. After BOEM addresses comments provided, BOEM will publish a final PEIS.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 14901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04246]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2024-0001]
Notice of Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement for Expected Wind Energy Development in the New York
Bight; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Draft programmatic environmental impact statement; extension of
comment period.
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SUMMARY: On January 12, 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(BOEM) published a notice of availability (NOA) in the Federal Register
announcing a public comment period for the draft programmatic
environmental impact statement (PEIS) that analyzes the potential
impacts of wind energy development in six lease areas of the New York
(NY) Bight. BOEM is extending the comment period on the draft PEIS.
This notice announces an extension of the public comment period, which
will now end on March 13, 2024. After BOEM addresses comments provided,
BOEM will publish a final PEIS.
DATES: The comment period for the notice published January 12, 2024, at
89 FR 2249, is extended. Comments must be received no later than March
13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The draft PEIS and detailed information about the project
can be found on BOEM's website at: <a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/new-york-bight">https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/new-york-bight</a>. Comments can be submitted in
any of the following ways:
<bullet> Delivered by mail or delivery service, enclosed in an
envelope labeled, ``NY BIGHT PEIS'' and addressed to Chief, Division of
Environmental Assessment, Office of Environmental Programs, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OEP, Sterling,
Virginia 20166; or
<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-2024-0001.
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: Jill Lewandowski, BOEM Office of
Environmental Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OEP, Sterling,
Virginia 20166, (703) 787-1703 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751f1c19195b191002141b111a02061e1c35171a10185b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a6063666624666f7d6b646e657d7961634a68656f67246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please refer to the NOA published in the
Federal Register (89 FR 2249) on January 12, 2024, for further
information.
Comments already submitted in response to the January 12, 2024, NOA
do not need to be resubmitted. BOEM discourages the submittal of
anonymous comments.
Please include your name and address as part of your comment. BOEM
makes all comments in their entirety, including the names and addresses
of respondents, 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 made available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Even if BOEM withholds your PII in the context of this notice, your
comment is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C.
552). Your information will only be withheld if a determination is made
that one of the FOIA exemptions to disclosure applies. Such a
determination will be made in accordance with the Department's FOIA
implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and applicable law.
BOEM protects business confidential information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of the
Interior's implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2 and 30 CFR part
585).
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. 2024-04246 Filed 2-28-24; 8:45 am]
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