Notice2024-28553
Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision for Expected Wind Energy Development in the New York Bight
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Published
December 6, 2024
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Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the record of decision (ROD) based on the final programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) that analyzed the potential impacts of wind energy development in six lease areas of the New York (NY) Bight. The ROD outlines BOEM's decision to identify certain avoidance, minimization, mitigation, and monitoring (AMMM) measures that BOEM plans to apply as conditions of approval for activities proposed by NY Bight lessees in their construction and operations plans (COPs). This ROD concludes the programmatic National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for the six NY Bight lease areas.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 97064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28553]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2024-0054]
Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision for Expected Wind
Energy Development in the New York Bight
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; record of decision.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the
availability of the record of decision (ROD) based on the final
programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) that analyzed the
potential impacts of wind energy development in six lease areas of the
New York (NY) Bight. The ROD outlines BOEM's decision to identify
certain avoidance, minimization, mitigation, and monitoring (AMMM)
measures that BOEM plans to apply as conditions of approval for
activities proposed by NY Bight lessees in their construction and
operations plans (COPs). This ROD concludes the programmatic National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for the six NY Bight lease
areas.
ADDRESSES: The ROD and associated information are available on the NY
Bight 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>.
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#167c7f7a7a387a73617778727961657d7f567479737b38717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b7172777735777e6c7a757f746c6870725b79747e76357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Proposed Action for the final PEIS was
the identification of specific AMMM measures at the programmatic stage
that could avoid, minimize, mitigate, or monitor impacts. The final
PEIS analyzed the potential impacts of development in the NY Bight area
and how those impacts can be avoided, minimized, or mitigated by AMMM
measures. The Proposed Action does not itself require any actions by
BOEM or lessees. A notice of availability for the final PEIS was
published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2024 at 89 FR 85233.
Each lease holder is likely to submit at least one COP, as required
under 30 CFR 585.600(a). The programmatic analysis in the final PEIS
follows the execution of the six NY Bight leases and precedes the
environmental analysis of the COPs. The PEIS serves as a first-tier
document that the second-tier project-specific environmental analysis
of each COP may tier from or incorporate by reference (40 CFR 1501.11-
12).
This ROD identifies 58 AMMM measures that BOEM plans to apply as
conditions of approval for activities proposed by the lessees in their
COPs submitted for the six NY Bight lease areas. The subsequent
project-specific NEPA analyses and consultations could also incorporate
revised, additional, or different AMMM measures as needed.
After carefully considering public comments on the draft PEIS and
the alternatives described and analyzed in the final PEIS, DOI selected
Sub-alternative C1: Identification of AMMM Measures at the Programmatic
Stage: Previously Applied Measures. This is the Preferred Alternative
identified in the final PEIS. The AMMM measures are included in
appendix B of the ROD, which is available 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>.
Authority: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended,
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 40 CFR 1505.2.
Karen Baker,
Chief, Office of Renewable Energy Programs Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
[FR Doc. 2024-28553 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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