Notice2024-17035
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for US Wind Inc.'s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Maryland
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Published
August 2, 2024
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 US Wind Inc.'s (US Wind) construction and operations plan (COP) for its proposed Maryland Offshore Wind Project (Project). 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 89, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 63221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17035]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2024-0033]
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement
for US Wind Inc.'s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Maryland
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 US
Wind Inc.'s (US Wind) construction and operations plan (COP) for its
proposed Maryland Offshore Wind Project (Project). 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/maryland-offshore-wind">https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maryland-offshore-wind</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorena Edenfield, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (907) 231-7679 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7935160b1c1718573c1d1c171f101c151d391b161c14571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="703c1f02151e115e3514151e1619151c1430121f151d5e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: US Wind seeks approval to construct, operate, and
maintain a wind energy facility and its associated export cables on the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Maryland. The Project would be
developed within the range of design parameters outlined in the
Maryland Offshore Wind COP, subject to the applicable mitigation
measures.
The Project as proposed in the COP would include up to 121 wind
turbine generators (WTGs), up to four offshore substations with one
offshore export cable route, and one meteorological tower under the
terms of Renewable Energy Lease OCS-A 0490. The lease area is located
ten miles off the coast of Maryland. The onshore components of the
Project would include a cable landfall area at 3Rs beach in Delaware.
From the landfall, onshore cables would continue along an inshore cable
export route in Indian River Bay to connect to a single onshore
substation adjacent to the point of interconnection in Dagsboro,
Delaware.
Alternatives: BOEM considered 14 alternatives when preparing the
draft environmental impact statement and carried forward five
alternatives for further analysis. These five alternatives include four
action alternatives and a no action alternative. Nine 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 Chapter 2 of the final EIS. The screening criteria
included consistency with law and regulations, technical and economic
feasibility, environmental impact, and geographic considerations.
Availability of the FEIS: The FEIS, US Wind COP, and associated
information are available on BOEM's website at: <a href="https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maryland-offshore-wind">https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maryland-offshore-wind</a>. BOEM has
distributed digital copies of the FEIS to all parties listed in FEIS
Appendix N. If you would like 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 Lorena
Edenfield at (907) 231-7679 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c50736e79727d32597879727a757970785c7e737971327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="da96b5a8bfb4bbf49fbebfb4bcb3bfb6be9ab8b5bfb7f4bdb5ac">[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; and Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
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. 2024-17035 Filed 8-1-24; 8:45 am]
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