Notice2024-07468
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for the Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Project Offshore New Jersey
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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 Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Project (the Ocean Wind 1 Project). USACE has issued a permit authorizing the construction and maintenance of the Ocean Wind 1 Project under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA) and section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Ocean Wind 1 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 24811-24812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07468]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
[Permit No. NAP-2017-00135-84]
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for
the Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Project Offshore New Jersey
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 construction and maintenance of the Ocean Wind 1
Offshore Wind Farm Project (the Ocean Wind 1 Project). USACE has issued
a permit authorizing the construction and maintenance of the Ocean Wind
1 Project under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA)
and section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Ocean Wind 1 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 Ocean Wind 1 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. Brian Anthony, Biologist,
Regulatory Branch, USACE, Philadelphia District, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, (215) 656-6728 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9a7a8b9bbacaebca5a8bda6bbb089bcbaa8aaace7a8bba4b0e7a4a0a5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6888796948381938a879289949fa69395878583c887948b9fc88b8f8a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that USACE has taken
final agency action on its authorization for the proposed the Ocean
Wind 1 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 the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0498, which is approximately 13
nautical miles (nm) southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The work authorized under the USACE permit includes the following:
(1) the installation of up to 98 wind turbine generators (WTGs) and up
to 3 offshore substations (OSSs) with associated scour protection, (2)
the installation of 142.7 miles of inter-array cables connecting the
WTGs and OSSs, (3) installation of up to 3 export transmission cables
with associated secondary cable protection within a 147-mile long
offshore export cable corridor extending from the lease area into Lacey
Township to the northwest and Ocean City to the southwest, and (4) up
to 2 specialized converter substations.
The USACE decision to issue a permit, and the laws under which the
action was taken, are described in the BOEM Ocean Wind 1 Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) published on May 26, 2023, in the
BOEM Record of Decision (ROD) issued on July 5, 2023, in the USACE ROD
issued on October 5, 2023, and in other project records. The BOEM 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/ocean-wind-1">https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/ocean-wind-1</a>. The USACE permit and ROD can be viewed and
downloaded from the USACE website at <a href="https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Wind-Turbine">https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Wind-Turbine</a>. By this notice, USACE is advising the
public of final agency action subject to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-6(a)(1)(A).
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m-6(a)(1)(A).
John P. Lloyd,
Brigadier General, USA, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 2024-07468 Filed 4-8-24; 8:45 am]
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