Notice2024-07467
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for the South Fork Wind Energy Project Offshore New York and Rhode Island
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Published
April 9, 2024
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Abstract
USACE announces final agency action on the USACE authorization for the proposed construction and maintenance of the South Fork Wind project offshore New York and Rhode Island. USACE has issued a permit authorizing the construction and maintenance of the South Fork Wind project under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA), section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The South Fork Wind project is a "covered project" under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24810-24811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07467]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
[Permit No. NAN-2020-01079]
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for
the South Fork Wind Energy Project Offshore New York and Rhode Island
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
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SUMMARY: USACE announces final agency action on the USACE authorization
for the proposed
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construction and maintenance of the South Fork Wind project offshore
New York and Rhode Island. USACE has issued a permit authorizing the
construction and maintenance of the South Fork Wind project under
section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA), section 404 of
the Clean Water Act (CWA). The South Fork Wind project is a ``covered
project'' under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation
Act.
DATES: A claim seeking judicial review of the USACE authorization of
construction and maintenance of the South Fork Wind project will be
barred unless the claim is filed not later than two years after this
notice's publication date. If the Federal law that allows for judicial
review of the USACE authorization specifies a shorter time period for
filing such a claim, then that shorter time period will apply.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher Minck, Regulatory
Project Manager, Regulatory Branch, USACE, New York District, 26
Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278, (917) 790-8511 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a595f545b54144a4f5856535954554e53595f7a4f495b595f145b48574314575356"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4320262d222d6d3336212f2a202d2c372a20260336302220266d22312e3a6d2e2a2f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that USACE has taken
final agency action on its authorization for the proposed South Fork
Wind project by issuing a permit authorizing construction and
maintenance of the project under section 10 of the RHA and section 404
of the CWA. The majority of the authorized work will occur in the
Atlantic Ocean within Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-0517, which is approximately 19 miles
southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island, and 35 miles east of Montauk
Point, New York.
The work authorized under the USACE permit includes the following:
(1) installation of up to twelve (12) wind turbine generators (WTGs)
and one (1) offshore substation (OSS) with associated scour protection,
(2) installation of approximately 21.4 miles of inter-array cables
connecting the WTGs and the OSS with associated secondary cable
protection, (3) installation of an export transmission cable with
associated secondary cable protection within an approximately 61.66
mile long offshore export cable corridor extending from the lease area
to the cable landfall location in Wainscott, New York, and (4)
construction of an Operations and Maintenance Facility in Lake Montauk
in Montauk, New York.
The USACE's decision to issue a permit for the South Fork Wind
project, and the laws under which the action was taken, are described
in the South Fork Wind Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
published by BOEM on August 16, 2021, in the BOEM Record of Decision
(ROD) issued on November 24, 2021, and in other project records. The
FEIS, ROD, and other documents can be viewed and downloaded from the
BOEM project website at <a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/south-fork">https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/south-fork</a>. The USACE permit can be viewed and downloaded
from the USACE website at <a href="https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Commonly-Requested-Issued-Permits-and-Nationwide-Permit-Verifications/">https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Commonly-Requested-Issued-Permits-and-Nationwide-Permit-Verifications/</a>. By this notice, USACE is advising the public of final
agency action subject to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-6(a)(1)(A).
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m-6(a)(1)(A).
John P. Lloyd,
Brigadier General, USA, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 2024-07467 Filed 4-8-24; 8:45 am]
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