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[Docket No. BOEM–2021–0047]
Notice of Additional Public Scoping
and Name Change for the Vineyard
Wind South Project Offshore
Massachusetts Environmental Impact
Statement
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of additional public
scoping; request for comments.
AGENCY:
On June 30, 2021, BOEM
published the ‘‘Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Vineyard Wind South
Project Offshore Massachusetts’’ in the
Federal Register. The Notice of Intent
(NOI) announced that BOEM will
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to inform its review of
a construction and operations plan
(COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind,
LLC (Vineyard Wind). This notice
provides updated project information
related to potential changes in cable
routing and announces an additional
EIS public scoping comment period to
account for the new information.
Detailed information about the proposed
wind energy facilities, including an
updated COP, can be found on BOEM’s
website at: www.BOEM.gov/NewEngland-Wind. Also, this notice
formally announces that the project’s
name has changed from Vineyard Wind
South to New England Wind.
DATES: Comments are due to BOEM no
later than December 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments can be
submitted in any of the following ways:
• Delivered by mail or delivery
service, enclosed in an envelope labeled
‘‘NEW ENGLAND WIND COP EIS’’ and
addressed to Program Manager, Office of
Renewable Energy, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, 45600 Woodland
Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166; or
• Through the regulations.gov web
portal: Navigate to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
‘‘Docket No. BOEM–2021–0047.’’ Select
this document from the search results
and, once on the document page, click
on the ‘‘Comment’’ button below the
document title. Enter your information
and comment, then scroll to bottom of
the web page and click ‘‘Submit
Comment.’’
SUMMARY:
Stephanie Fiori, BOEM Office of
Environmental Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
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On June
30, 2021, BOEM published the ‘‘Notice
of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind
South Project Offshore Massachusetts’’
in the Federal Register (86 FR 34782).
The NOI announced that BOEM will
prepare an EIS as part of its review of
a COP submitted by Vineyard Wind and
provided project information. This
notice provides revised project
information and announces an
additional EIS public scoping comment
process to account for the new
information.
Vineyard Wind intends to install all
Phase 2 offshore export cables within
the offshore export cable corridor
(OECC) through the Muskeget Channel
to reach landfall sites in the Town of
Barnstable, Massachusetts. However,
Vineyard Wind has identified two
variations of the Phase 2 OECC. These
variations are necessary to provide
Vineyard Wind with commercial
flexibility should technical, logistical,
grid interconnection, or other
unforeseen issues arise during project
review that would preclude or limit
placement of Phase 2 export cables
through the initial OECC in vicinity of
the Muskeget Channel. The two
variations of the Phase 2 OECC are as
follows:
(1) The Western Muskeget Variant is
an OECC variant that was included in
the Vineyard Wind 1 project and
includes the installation of one or two
Phase 2 export cables in the western
Muskeget Channel.
(2) The South Coast Variant diverges
from the initial OECC at the northern
boundary of Lease Area OCS–A 0501
and travels west-northwest to the state
waters boundary near Buzzard’s Bay,
Massachusetts, through state waters,
and onshore to a substation. The South
Coast Variant includes an offshore
routing envelope that indicates a region
within Buzzards Bay where the Phase 2
offshore export cables may be installed
before making landfall. It also includes
an onshore routing envelope that
indicates a region within southwest
Massachusetts where the Phase 2
onshore cables may be installed. The
location of a potential substation in
southwest Massachusetts has not been
identified.
Public Participation
This notice commences an additional
public scoping process to identify issues
and potential alternatives related to the
two newly proposed variations of the
New England Wind Phase 2 OECC.
Throughout the scoping process,
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Federal agencies, Tribal, State, and local
governments, and the general public
have the opportunity to help BOEM
identify significant resources and issues,
impact-producing factors, reasonable
alternatives (e.g., size, geographic,
seasonal, or other restrictions on
construction and siting of facilities and
activities), and potential mitigation
measures to be analyzed in the EIS, as
well as to provide additional
information. A pre-recorded
presentation, that highlights the new
information, can be found at https://
www.boem.gov/new-england-wind. For
information on how to submit
comments, see the ADDRESSES section
above.
BOEM does not consider anonymous
comments. Please include your name
and address as part of your comment.
BOEM makes all comments, including
the names, addresses, and other
personally identifiable information
included in the comment, available for
public review online. Individuals can
request that BOEM withhold their
names, addresses, or other personally
identifiable information included in
their comment from the public record;
however, BOEM cannot guarantee that it
will be able to do so. For BOEM to
withhold from disclosure your
personally identifiable information, you
must identify any information contained
in your comments that, if released,
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of your privacy. You also must
briefly describe any possible harmful
consequences of the disclosure of
information, such as embarrassment,
injury, or other harm.
Additionally, under section 304 of
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA), BOEM is required, after
consultation with the Secretary of the
Interior, to withhold the location,
character, or ownership of historic
resources if it determines that disclosure
may, among other things, cause a
significant invasion of privacy, risk
harm to the historic resources, or
impede the use of a traditional religious
site by practitioners. Tribal entities and
other interested parties should designate
information that they wish to be held as
confidential and provide the reasons
why BOEM should do so.
All submissions from organizations or
businesses and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
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Request for Identification of Potential
Alternatives, Information, and
Analyses Relevant to the Two
Variations of the Phase 2 OECC
BOEM requests data, comments,
views, information, analysis,
alternatives, or suggestions from the
public; affected Federal, State, Tribal,
and local governments, agencies, and
offices; the scientific community;
industry; or any other interested party
on the following topics with particular
focus on the new project information
related to the two variations of the
Phase 2 OECC:
1. Potential effects that the two
variations of the Phase 2 OECC could
have on biological resources, including
bats, birds, coastal fauna, finfish,
invertebrates, essential fish habitat,
marine mammals, and sea turtles.
2. Potential effects that the two
variations of the Phase 2 OECC could
have on physical resources including air
quality, water quality, and wetlands and
other waters of the United States.
3. Potential effects that the two
variations of the Phase 2 OECC could
have on socioeconomic and cultural
resources, including commercial
fisheries and for-hire recreational
fishing, demographics, employment,
economics, environmental justice, land
use and coastal infrastructure,
navigation and vessel traffic, other uses
(marine minerals, military use,
aviation), recreation and tourism, and
scenic and visual resources.
4. Other possible reasonable
alternatives to the Proposed Action
related to the two variations of the
Phase 2 OECC that BOEM should
consider, including additional or
alternative avoidance, minimization,
and mitigation measures.
5. As part of its compliance with
NHPA section 106 and its implementing
regulations (36 CFR part 800), BOEM
seeks comment and input from the
public and consulting parties regarding
the identification of historic properties
within the Proposed Action’s area of
potential effects, the potential effects on
those historic properties from the
activities proposed in the COP, and any
information that supports identification
of historic properties under NHPA.
BOEM also solicits proposed measures
to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any
adverse effects on historic properties
related to the two variations of the
Phase 2 OECC. BOEM’s effects analysis
for historic properties will be available
for public and consulting party
comment in the draft EIS.
6. Information on other current or
planned activities in, or in the vicinity
of, the two variations of the Phase 2
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OECC and the possible impacts those
activities and variations may have on
each other.
7. Other information relevant to the
two variations of the Phase 2 OECC and
their impacts on the human
environment.
To promote informed decisionmaking, comments should be as specific
as possible and should provide as much
detail as necessary to meaningfully and
fully inform BOEM of the commenter’s
position. Comments should explain why
the issues raised are important to the
consideration of potential
environmental impacts and alternatives
relevant to the two variations of the
Phase 2 OECC, as well as to the
economic, employment, and other
impacts affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The draft EIS will include a summary
of all alternatives, information, and
analyses submitted during the scoping
process for consideration by BOEM and
the cooperating agencies.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. and
40 CFR 1501.9.
William Yancey Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2021-0047]
Notice of Additional Public Scoping and Name Change for the
Vineyard Wind South Project Offshore Massachusetts Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of additional public scoping; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: On June 30, 2021, BOEM published the ``Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind South
Project Offshore Massachusetts'' in the Federal Register. The Notice of
Intent (NOI) announced that BOEM will prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to inform its review of a construction and operations
plan (COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind, LLC (Vineyard Wind). This notice
provides updated project information related to potential changes in
cable routing and announces an additional EIS public scoping comment
period to account for the new information. Detailed information about
the proposed wind energy facilities, including an updated COP, can be
found on BOEM's website at: www.BOEM.gov/New-England-Wind. Also, this
notice formally announces that the project's name has changed from
Vineyard Wind South to New England Wind.
DATES: Comments are due to BOEM no later than December 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments can be submitted in any of the following
ways:
Delivered by mail or delivery service, enclosed in an
envelope labeled ``NEW ENGLAND WIND COP EIS'' and addressed to Program
Manager, Office of Renewable Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166; or
Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to https://www.regulations.gov and search for ``Docket No. BOEM-2021-0047.''
Select this document from the search results and, once on the document
page, click on the ``Comment'' button below the document title. Enter
your information and comment, then scroll to bottom of the web page and
click ``Submit Comment.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Fiori, BOEM Office of
Environmental Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166,
(703) 787-1832, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 2021, BOEM published the
``Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the
Vineyard Wind South Project Offshore Massachusetts'' in the Federal
Register (86 FR 34782). The NOI announced that BOEM will prepare an EIS
as part of its review of a COP submitted by Vineyard Wind and provided
project information. This notice provides revised project information
and announces an additional EIS public scoping comment process to
account for the new information.
Vineyard Wind intends to install all Phase 2 offshore export cables
within the offshore export cable corridor (OECC) through the Muskeget
Channel to reach landfall sites in the Town of Barnstable,
Massachusetts. However, Vineyard Wind has identified two variations of
the Phase 2 OECC. These variations are necessary to provide Vineyard
Wind with commercial flexibility should technical, logistical, grid
interconnection, or other unforeseen issues arise during project review
that would preclude or limit placement of Phase 2 export cables through
the initial OECC in vicinity of the Muskeget Channel. The two
variations of the Phase 2 OECC are as follows:
(1) The Western Muskeget Variant is an OECC variant that was
included in the Vineyard Wind 1 project and includes the installation
of one or two Phase 2 export cables in the western Muskeget Channel.
(2) The South Coast Variant diverges from the initial OECC at the
northern boundary of Lease Area OCS-A 0501 and travels west-northwest
to the state waters boundary near Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts, through
state waters, and onshore to a substation. The South Coast Variant
includes an offshore routing envelope that indicates a region within
Buzzards Bay where the Phase 2 offshore export cables may be installed
before making landfall. It also includes an onshore routing envelope
that indicates a region within southwest Massachusetts where the Phase
2 onshore cables may be installed. The location of a potential
substation in southwest Massachusetts has not been identified.
Public Participation
This notice commences an additional public scoping process to
identify issues and potential alternatives related to the two newly
proposed variations of the New England Wind Phase 2 OECC. Throughout
the scoping process,
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Federal agencies, Tribal, State, and local governments, and the general
public have the opportunity to help BOEM identify significant resources
and issues, impact-producing factors, reasonable alternatives (e.g.,
size, geographic, seasonal, or other restrictions on construction and
siting of facilities and activities), and potential mitigation measures
to be analyzed in the EIS, as well as to provide additional
information. A pre-recorded presentation, that highlights the new
information, can be found at https://www.boem.gov/new-england-wind. For
information on how to submit comments, see the ADDRESSES section above.
BOEM does not consider anonymous comments. Please include your name
and address as part of your comment. BOEM makes all comments, including
the names, addresses, and other personally identifiable information
included in the comment, available for public review online.
Individuals can request that BOEM withhold their names, addresses, or
other personally identifiable information included in their comment
from the public record; however, BOEM cannot guarantee that it will be
able to do so. For BOEM to withhold from disclosure your personally
identifiable information, you must identify any information contained
in your comments that, if released, would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of your privacy. You also must briefly describe
any possible harmful consequences of the disclosure of information,
such as embarrassment, injury, or other harm.
Additionally, under section 304 of National Historic Preservation
Act (NHPA), BOEM is required, after consultation with the Secretary of
the Interior, to withhold the location, character, or ownership of
historic resources if it determines that disclosure may, among other
things, cause a significant invasion of privacy, risk harm to the
historic resources, or impede the use of a traditional religious site
by practitioners. Tribal entities and other interested parties should
designate information that they wish to be held as confidential and
provide the reasons why BOEM should do so.
All submissions from organizations or businesses and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses will be made available for public
inspection in their entirety.
Request for Identification of Potential Alternatives, Information, and
Analyses Relevant to the Two Variations of the Phase 2 OECC
BOEM requests data, comments, views, information, analysis,
alternatives, or suggestions from the public; affected Federal, State,
Tribal, and local governments, agencies, and offices; the scientific
community; industry; or any other interested party on the following
topics with particular focus on the new project information related to
the two variations of the Phase 2 OECC:
1. Potential effects that the two variations of the Phase 2 OECC
could have on biological resources, including bats, birds, coastal
fauna, finfish, invertebrates, essential fish habitat, marine mammals,
and sea turtles.
2. Potential effects that the two variations of the Phase 2 OECC
could have on physical resources including air quality, water quality,
and wetlands and other waters of the United States.
3. Potential effects that the two variations of the Phase 2 OECC
could have on socioeconomic and cultural resources, including
commercial fisheries and for-hire recreational fishing, demographics,
employment, economics, environmental justice, land use and coastal
infrastructure, navigation and vessel traffic, other uses (marine
minerals, military use, aviation), recreation and tourism, and scenic
and visual resources.
4. Other possible reasonable alternatives to the Proposed Action
related to the two variations of the Phase 2 OECC that BOEM should
consider, including additional or alternative avoidance, minimization,
and mitigation measures.
5. As part of its compliance with NHPA section 106 and its
implementing regulations (36 CFR part 800), BOEM seeks comment and
input from the public and consulting parties regarding the
identification of historic properties within the Proposed Action's area
of potential effects, the potential effects on those historic
properties from the activities proposed in the COP, and any information
that supports identification of historic properties under NHPA. BOEM
also solicits proposed measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any
adverse effects on historic properties related to the two variations of
the Phase 2 OECC. BOEM's effects analysis for historic properties will
be available for public and consulting party comment in the draft EIS.
6. Information on other current or planned activities in, or in the
vicinity of, the two variations of the Phase 2 OECC and the possible
impacts those activities and variations may have on each other.
7. Other information relevant to the two variations of the Phase 2
OECC and their impacts on the human environment.
To promote informed decision-making, comments should be as specific
as possible and should provide as much detail as necessary to
meaningfully and fully inform BOEM of the commenter's position.
Comments should explain why the issues raised are important to the
consideration of potential environmental impacts and alternatives
relevant to the two variations of the Phase 2 OECC, as well as to the
economic, employment, and other impacts affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The draft EIS will include a summary of all alternatives,
information, and analyses submitted during the scoping process for
consideration by BOEM and the cooperating agencies.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. and 40 CFR 1501.9.
William Yancey Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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