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Potential Commercial Wind Lease
Issuance and Site Assessment
Activities on the Atlantic Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore New
York
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Amendment of
Meeting Date.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. Appendix 1–16), notice is hereby
SUMMARY:
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Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Assessment.
AGENCY:
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This Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
(Notice) is being published as an initial
step to involve Federal agencies, states,
tribes, local governments, and the
public in an early and transparent
process to prepare an Environmental
Assessment (EA) in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations implementing NEPA, 40
CFR parts 1500–1508. This process
includes determining the scope of issues
and identifying potentially significant
issues related to a proposed project on
the OCS offshore New York. This public
and expert input will help inform
BOEM decision-making with regard to
issuing leases and approving site
assessment activities.
In consultation with other Federal
agencies and BOEM’s New York
Intergovernmental Renewable Energy
Task Force, BOEM has identified an
area for consideration for potential
future wind energy leasing offshore New
York (Call Area). The Call Area is
identified in Commercial Leasing for
Wind Power on the Outer Continental
Shelf Offshore New York—Call for
Information and Nominations (Call),
which is being published concurrently
with this Notice. The leasing process
provides several opportunities for
public involvement before leasing can
occur, including the publication of a
Call and proposed sale notice. A
commercial lease gives the lessee the
exclusive right, subsequently, to seek
BOEM approval for the development of
the leasehold. The lease does not grant
the lessee the right to construct any
facilities; rather, the lease grants the
lessee the right to use the leased area to
develop its plans, which BOEM must
approve before the lessee can move on
to the next stage of the process. (See 30
CFR 585.600 and 585.601.)
BOEM intends to prepare an EA to
consider the environmental
consequences associated with issuing
commercial wind leases, associated site
characterization activities (i.e.,
biological, archeological, geological and
geophysical surveys and core samples),
and approving site assessment activities
on those leases within the Call Area. If
a lessee proposes commercial wind
development activity, the specific
proposal will be subject to an
environmental review at that time. At a
minimum, the EA will consider the
alternatives of (1) no action (i.e., no
issuance of a lease) and (2) the issuance
of a lease, associated site
characterization activities and approval
of certain site assessment activities
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within the lease area, such as
installation of a fixed meteorological
tower and/or deployment of a
meteorological buoy. With this notice,
BOEM requests comments and input
from Federal, state, and local
government agencies; tribal
governments; and other interested
parties on environmental issues and
alternatives that may be appropriate for
consideration in the EA. BOEM also
requests information pertaining to
measures (e.g., limitations on activities
based on technology, siting, or timing)
that would minimize the impacts to
environmental resources and
socioeconomic conditions that could
result from the proposed activity.
Additionally, as part of its compliance
with Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.
470f), and its implementing regulations
(36 CFR part 800), BOEM is seeking
public comment and input regarding the
identification of historic properties or
potential effects to historic properties
from leasing and site assessment
activities in the proposed lease area.
Authority: This Notice is published
pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden
Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia
20170–4817, (703) 787–1340 or
michelle.morin@BOEM.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The OCS Wind Energy Leasing and
Development Process
There are four key phases in BOEM’s
wind energy authorization on the OCS:
(1) Planning; (2) lease issuance; (3)
approval of a site assessment plan
(SAP); and (4) approval of a
construction and operations plan (COP).
During the planning phase, BOEM
engages our inter-governmental partners
and other relevant parties to delineate
an area on the OCS that would be
appropriate for commercial wind
activities. BOEM is currently working
through this stage for the area offshore
New York with BOEM’s New York
Intergovernmental Renewable Energy
Task Force. This phase typically ends
with the completion of the
environmental reviews necessary to
support lease issuance. The second
phase, issuance of a commercial wind
lease, gives the lessee an exclusive right
to apply for the required approval of a
SAP. The third phase is the applicant’s
actual submission and BOEM’s
subsequent review and approval of a
SAP. Approval of a SAP allows the
lessee to construct and install
equipment on the leasehold to perform
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site assessment functions, such as a
meteorological tower or buoys. See 30
CFR 585.600–585.601; 585.605–585.618.
The submission of a SAP is separate
from the submission of a COP. After the
lessee has collected the site
characterization and assessment data
necessary, the lessee may submit its
COP to BOEM for subsequent review
and may proceed with construction and
operation of a renewable energy facility
on the lease if BOEM approves the COP
(see 30 CFR 585.620–585.629) and after
BOEM’s review of a lessee’s Facility
Design Report and Fabrication and
Installation Report (see 30 CFR 585.700–
585.702)
2. Proposed Action and Scope of
Analysis
The proposed action that will be the
subject of the EA is the issuance of one
or more renewable energy leases within
the Call Area described in this Notice
and the approval of site assessment
activities on those leases in support of
COP information requirements. (See 30
CFR 585.610 and 585.626.) Based on the
information submitted in response to
this Notice and the Call, BOEM plans to
identify any portions of the Call Area
that should be excluded from
consideration for commercial wind
leasing at this time. The remaining area
identified will constitute a Wind Energy
Area (WEA) and will be subject to
environmental analysis in consultation
with appropriate Federal agencies,
states, local governments, tribes and
other interested parties.
Additional NEPA analyses will be
required before any future decisions on
construction or operation of wind
energy facilities on leases that may be
issued within the Call Area. If and when
a lessee is ready to begin this final phase
of renewable energy development, it
must submit a COP to proceed. No COP
has been submitted to BOEM for a
project within the Call Area at this time.
If a COP is submitted for a particular
project on a lease, appropriate site- and
project-specific NEPA analysis will be
prepared.
If BOEM determines during the EA
process that issuing leases, authorizing
site assessment activities, or associated
site characterization activities within
the Call Area would constitute a major
Federal action significantly affecting the
human environment, BOEM will
publish a Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
If BOEM determines during the EA
process that issuing leases, authorizing
site assessment activities, or associated
site characterization activities within
the Call Area would not be a major
impact significantly affecting the human
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environment, BOEM will issue a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI). After either a FONSI is issued
or the EIS process is completed, BOEM
may issue one or more renewable energy
leases within the Call Area. In the event
that a particular lease is issued, and the
lessee submits a SAP, BOEM will
determine whether the EA adequately
considers the environmental impacts of
the activities proposed in the lessee’s
SAP. If the analysis in the EA
adequately addresses these impacts,
then no further NEPA analysis will be
required before the SAP is approved. If
the EA requires supplementation,
additional NEPA analysis would be
conducted before the SAP could be
approved.
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3. Information That Will Be
Incorporated Into the EA
On November 6, 2007, BOEM
published a Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register (72 FR
62,672) of the Programmatic EIS for
Alternative Energy Development and
Production and Alternate Use of
Facilities on the Outer Continental
Shelf, Final EIS (OCS Report MMS
2007–046). BOEM has prepared several
EAs for areas in the North Atlantic and
Mid-Atlantic OCS that evaluated
activities similar to those to be
addressed in the EA for which this
Notice is being published (https://
www.boem.gov/Renewable-EnergyProgram/Smart-from-the-Start/
Index.aspx). Additionally, BOEM has
published a Final Programmatic EIS for
proposed geological and geophysical
activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South
Atlantic OCS Planning Areas (OCS EIS/
EA BOEM 2014–001).
BOEM will incorporate the
environmental and socioeconomic
analyses of site characterization and
assessment activities from previous
NEPA documents and other public
information to help inform its analysis
in the EA.
4. Description of the Call Area
A detailed description of the Call
Area can be found in the Call that is
being published concurrently with this
Notice.
A map of the Call Area can be found
at the following URL: https://boem.gov/
Renewable-Energy-Program/StateActivities/New York.aspx.
A large-scale map of the Call Area
showing its boundaries and with
numbered blocks is available from
BOEM at the following address: Bureau
of Ocean Energy Management, Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden
Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia
20170–4817, Phone: (703) 787–1320.
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5. Cooperating Agencies
BOEM invites Federal, state, and local
government agencies, as well as tribal
governments, to consider becoming
cooperating agencies in the preparation
of this EA. Regulations implementing
the procedural provisions of NEPA
define cooperating agencies as those
with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or special
expertise’’ (40 CFR 1508.5). Potential
cooperating agencies should consider
their authority and capacity to assume
the responsibilities of a cooperating
agency and remember that an agency’s
role in the environmental analysis
neither enlarges nor diminishes the final
decisionmaking authority of any other
agency involved in the NEPA process.
Upon request, BOEM will provide
potential cooperating agencies with a
draft memorandum of agreement that
includes a schedule with critical action
dates and milestones, mutual
responsibilities, designated points of
contact, and expectations for handling
pre-decisional information. Agencies
should also consider the ’’Factors for
Determining Cooperating Agency
Status’’ in Attachment 1 to CEQ’s
January 30, 2002, Memorandum for the
Heads of Federal Agencies: Cooperating
Agencies in Implementing the
Procedural Requirements of the NEPA.
A copy of this document is available at:
https://ceg.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/
cooperating/
cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html
and at: https://ceg.hss.doe.gov/nepa/
regs/cooperating/
cooperatingagencymemofactors.html.
BOEM, as the lead agency, will not
provide financial assistance to
cooperating agencies. If an agency is not
a cooperating agency, it may provide
information to BOEM during the public
comment period for the EA.
6. Comments
Federal, state, local government
agencies; tribal governments; and other
interested parties are requested to send
their written comments regarding
environmental issues and potential
alternatives to the proposed action
described in this Notice in one of the
following ways:
1. Electronically: https://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry
entitled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter
BOEM–2014–0003, then click ‘‘search.’’
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments and view supporting and
related materials available for this
document.
2. In written form, delivered by hand
or by mail, enclosed in an envelope
labeled ‘‘Comments on New York EA’’
to Program Manager, Office of
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Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 381 Elden
Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia
20170–4817. Comments should be
submitted no later than July 14, 2014.
Dated: April 21, 2014.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2013–0087;
MMAA104000]
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power
Development on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Offshore New York—Call
for Information and Nominations (Call)
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Call for Information and
Nominations for Commercial Leases for
Wind Power Development on the Outer
Continental Shelf Offshore New York.
AGENCY:
BOEM invites submissions of
nominations from parties interested in
obtaining one or more commercial
leases that would allow a lessee to
propose the construction of a wind
energy project(s) on the OCS offshore
New York. Although the publication of
this notice is not itself a leasing
announcement, the area described
herein may be subject to future leasing.
Parties wishing to submit a nomination
in response to this Call should submit
detailed and specific information as
described in the section entitled,
‘‘Required Nomination Information.’’
Parties that have previously submitted a
nomination in response to the Request
for Interest (RFI) (78 FR 760, published
on January 4, 2013) do not need to
resubmit their proposals unless they
wish to modify or update them.
BOEM also requests comments from
interested and affected parties regarding
site conditions, resources, and multiple
uses of the identified area that would be
relevant to BOEM’s review of the
nominations and/or to any subsequent
decision concerning whether to offer all
or part of the area for commercial wind
leasing. Information that BOEM is
requesting is described in the section
entitled, ‘‘Requested Information from
Interested or Affected Parties.’’
This Call is published pursuant to
subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3)), which was added
by section 388 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (EPAct), as well as the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2014-0003; MMAA104000]
Potential Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment
Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore New
York
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment.
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SUMMARY: This Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment
(Notice) is being published as an initial step to involve Federal
agencies, states, tribes, local governments, and the public in an early
and transparent process to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) in
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA, 40 CFR parts 1500-1508.
This process includes determining the scope of issues and identifying
potentially significant issues related to a proposed project on the OCS
offshore New York. This public and expert input will help inform BOEM
decision-making with regard to issuing leases and approving site
assessment activities.
In consultation with other Federal agencies and BOEM's New York
Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force, BOEM has identified an
area for consideration for potential future wind energy leasing
offshore New York (Call Area). The Call Area is identified in
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf
Offshore New York--Call for Information and Nominations (Call), which
is being published concurrently with this Notice. The leasing process
provides several opportunities for public involvement before leasing
can occur, including the publication of a Call and proposed sale
notice. A commercial lease gives the lessee the exclusive right,
subsequently, to seek BOEM approval for the development of the
leasehold. The lease does not grant the lessee the right to construct
any facilities; rather, the lease grants the lessee the right to use
the leased area to develop its plans, which BOEM must approve before
the lessee can move on to the next stage of the process. (See 30 CFR
585.600 and 585.601.)
BOEM intends to prepare an EA to consider the environmental
consequences associated with issuing commercial wind leases, associated
site characterization activities (i.e., biological, archeological,
geological and geophysical surveys and core samples), and approving
site assessment activities on those leases within the Call Area. If a
lessee proposes commercial wind development activity, the specific
proposal will be subject to an environmental review at that time. At a
minimum, the EA will consider the alternatives of (1) no action (i.e.,
no issuance of a lease) and (2) the issuance of a lease, associated
site characterization activities and approval of certain site
assessment activities within the lease area, such as installation of a
fixed meteorological tower and/or deployment of a meteorological buoy.
With this notice, BOEM requests comments and input from Federal, state,
and local government agencies; tribal governments; and other interested
parties on environmental issues and alternatives that may be
appropriate for consideration in the EA. BOEM also requests information
pertaining to measures (e.g., limitations on activities based on
technology, siting, or timing) that would minimize the impacts to
environmental resources and socioeconomic conditions that could result
from the proposed activity. Additionally, as part of its compliance
with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.
470f), and its implementing regulations (36 CFR part 800), BOEM is
seeking public comment and input regarding the identification of
historic properties or potential effects to historic properties from
leasing and site assessment activities in the proposed lease area.
Authority: This Notice is published pursuant to 43 CFR 46.305.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia
20170-4817, (703) 787-1340 or michelle.morin@BOEM.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The OCS Wind Energy Leasing and Development Process
There are four key phases in BOEM's wind energy authorization on
the OCS: (1) Planning; (2) lease issuance; (3) approval of a site
assessment plan (SAP); and (4) approval of a construction and
operations plan (COP). During the planning phase, BOEM engages our
inter-governmental partners and other relevant parties to delineate an
area on the OCS that would be appropriate for commercial wind
activities. BOEM is currently working through this stage for the area
offshore New York with BOEM's New York Intergovernmental Renewable
Energy Task Force. This phase typically ends with the completion of the
environmental reviews necessary to support lease issuance. The second
phase, issuance of a commercial wind lease, gives the lessee an
exclusive right to apply for the required approval of a SAP. The third
phase is the applicant's actual submission and BOEM's subsequent review
and approval of a SAP. Approval of a SAP allows the lessee to construct
and install equipment on the leasehold to perform site assessment
functions, such as a meteorological tower or buoys. See 30 CFR 585.600-
585.601; 585.605-585.618. The submission of a SAP is separate from the
submission of a COP. After the lessee has collected the site
characterization and assessment data necessary, the lessee may submit
its COP to BOEM for subsequent review and may proceed with construction
and operation of a renewable energy facility on the lease if BOEM
approves the COP (see 30 CFR 585.620-585.629) and after BOEM's review
of a lessee's Facility Design Report and Fabrication and Installation
Report (see 30 CFR 585.700-585.702)
2. Proposed Action and Scope of Analysis
The proposed action that will be the subject of the EA is the
issuance of one or more renewable energy leases within the Call Area
described in this Notice and the approval of site assessment activities
on those leases in support of COP information requirements. (See 30 CFR
585.610 and 585.626.) Based on the information submitted in response to
this Notice and the Call, BOEM plans to identify any portions of the
Call Area that should be excluded from consideration for commercial
wind leasing at this time. The remaining area identified will
constitute a Wind Energy Area (WEA) and will be subject to
environmental analysis in consultation with appropriate Federal
agencies, states, local governments, tribes and other interested
parties.
Additional NEPA analyses will be required before any future
decisions on construction or operation of wind energy facilities on
leases that may be issued within the Call Area. If and when a lessee is
ready to begin this final phase of renewable energy development, it
must submit a COP to proceed. No COP has been submitted to BOEM for a
project within the Call Area at this time. If a COP is submitted for a
particular project on a lease, appropriate site- and project-specific
NEPA analysis will be prepared.
If BOEM determines during the EA process that issuing leases,
authorizing site assessment activities, or associated site
characterization activities within the Call Area would constitute a
major Federal action significantly affecting the human environment,
BOEM will publish a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS). If BOEM determines during the EA process that issuing
leases, authorizing site assessment activities, or associated site
characterization activities within the Call Area would not be a major
impact significantly affecting the human
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environment, BOEM will issue a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI). After either a FONSI is issued or the EIS process is
completed, BOEM may issue one or more renewable energy leases within
the Call Area. In the event that a particular lease is issued, and the
lessee submits a SAP, BOEM will determine whether the EA adequately
considers the environmental impacts of the activities proposed in the
lessee's SAP. If the analysis in the EA adequately addresses these
impacts, then no further NEPA analysis will be required before the SAP
is approved. If the EA requires supplementation, additional NEPA
analysis would be conducted before the SAP could be approved.
3. Information That Will Be Incorporated Into the EA
On November 6, 2007, BOEM published a Notice of Availability (NOA)
in the Federal Register (72 FR 62,672) of the Programmatic EIS for
Alternative Energy Development and Production and Alternate Use of
Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf, Final EIS (OCS Report MMS
2007-046). BOEM has prepared several EAs for areas in the North
Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic OCS that evaluated activities similar to
those to be addressed in the EA for which this Notice is being
published (https://www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy-Program/Smart-from-the-Start/Index.aspx). Additionally, BOEM has published a Final
Programmatic EIS for proposed geological and geophysical activities in
the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic OCS Planning Areas (OCS EIS/EA BOEM
2014-001).
BOEM will incorporate the environmental and socioeconomic analyses
of site characterization and assessment activities from previous NEPA
documents and other public information to help inform its analysis in
the EA.
4. Description of the Call Area
A detailed description of the Call Area can be found in the Call
that is being published concurrently with this Notice.
A map of the Call Area can be found at the following URL: https://boem.gov/Renewable-Energy-Program/State-Activities/New York.aspx.
A large-scale map of the Call Area showing its boundaries and with
numbered blocks is available from BOEM at the following address: Bureau
of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 381
Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, Phone: (703) 787-
1320.
5. Cooperating Agencies
BOEM invites Federal, state, and local government agencies, as well
as tribal governments, to consider becoming cooperating agencies in the
preparation of this EA. Regulations implementing the procedural
provisions of NEPA define cooperating agencies as those with
``jurisdiction by law or special expertise'' (40 CFR 1508.5). Potential
cooperating agencies should consider their authority and capacity to
assume the responsibilities of a cooperating agency and remember that
an agency's role in the environmental analysis neither enlarges nor
diminishes the final decisionmaking authority of any other agency
involved in the NEPA process.
Upon request, BOEM will provide potential cooperating agencies with
a draft memorandum of agreement that includes a schedule with critical
action dates and milestones, mutual responsibilities, designated points
of contact, and expectations for handling pre-decisional information.
Agencies should also consider the ''Factors for Determining Cooperating
Agency Status'' in Attachment 1 to CEQ's January 30, 2002, Memorandum
for the Heads of Federal Agencies: Cooperating Agencies in Implementing
the Procedural Requirements of the NEPA. A copy of this document is
available at: https://ceg.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/cooperating/cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html and at: https://ceg.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/cooperating/cooperatingagencymemofactors.html.
BOEM, as the lead agency, will not provide financial assistance to
cooperating agencies. If an agency is not a cooperating agency, it may
provide information to BOEM during the public comment period for the
EA.
6. Comments
Federal, state, local government agencies; tribal governments; and
other interested parties are requested to send their written comments
regarding environmental issues and potential alternatives to the
proposed action described in this Notice in one of the following ways:
1. Electronically: https://www.regulations.gov. In the entry
entitled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BOEM-2014-0003, then click
``search.'' Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view
supporting and related materials available for this document.
2. In written form, delivered by hand or by mail, enclosed in an
envelope labeled ``Comments on New York EA'' to Program Manager, Office
of Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 381
Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Comments should be
submitted no later than July 14, 2014.
Dated: April 21, 2014.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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