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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2023–0011]
Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC’s
(Formerly Mayflower Wind Energy,
LLC) Proposed Wind Energy Facility
Offshore Massachusetts
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
BOEM announces the
availability of the draft environmental
impact statement (DEIS) for the
construction and operations plan (COP)
submitted by SouthCoast Wind Energy,
LLC (SouthCoast Wind) for its proposed
SouthCoast Wind Project (Project)
offshore Massachusetts. The DEIS
analyzes the potential environmental
impacts of the Project as described in
the COP (the proposed action) and the
alternatives to the proposed action. This
notice of availability (NOA) announces
the start of the public review and
comment period, as well as the dates
and times for public hearings on the
DEIS. After BOEM holds the public
hearings and addresses comments
provided, BOEM will publish a final
environmental impact statement (EIS).
The EIS will inform BOEM’s decision
whether to approve, approve with
modifications, or disapprove the COP.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than April 3, 2023. BOEM will
conduct three virtual public hearings.
BOEM’s virtual public hearings will be
held on the following dates at the times
(eastern time) indicated:
• Monday, March 20, 2023; 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 22, 2023; 1 p.m.
• Monday, March 27, 2023; 5 p.m.
Registration for the virtual public
hearings is required and may be
completed at https://www.boem.gov/
renewable-energy/state-activities/
southcoast-wind or by calling (703) 787–
1532. Meeting information will be sent
to registrants via their email address
provided during registration.
ADDRESSES: The DEIS and detailed
information about the Project, including
the COP, can be found on BOEM’s
website at: https://www.boem.gov/
renewable-energy/state-activities/
southcoast-wind. Comments can be
submitted in any of the following ways:
• Orally or in written form during any
of the virtual public hearings identified
in this NOA.
• In written form by mail or any other
delivery service, enclosed in an
SUMMARY:
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envelope labeled ‘‘SouthCoast Wind
DEIS’’ and addressed to Chief, Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
• Through the regulations.gov web
portal: Navigate to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
Docket No. BOEM–2023–0011. Click on
the ‘‘Comment’’ button below the
document link. Enter your information
and comment, then click ‘‘Submit
Comment.’’
For more information about
submitting comments, please see
‘‘Information on Submitting Comments’’
under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
heading below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Stromberg, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787–1722 or
jessica.stromberg@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: SouthCoast Wind
seeks approval to construct, own,
operate, and maintain the Project: a
wind energy facility and its associated
export cables on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) offshore Massachusetts. The
Project would be developed within the
range of design parameters outlined in
the SouthCoast Wind COP, subject to
applicable mitigation measures.
The Project would be located about 26
nautical miles (nm) (48 kilometers)
south of Martha’s Vineyard and 20 nm
(37 kilometers) south of Nantucket in
the area defined in BOEM’s renewable
energy lease OCS–A 0521 (Leased Area).
The Leased Area covers approximately
127,388 acres. The Project would
comprise up to 149 positions in the
Leased Area to be occupied by up to 147
wind turbine generators and up to 5
offshore substation platforms. The 149
positions will conform to a 1 nm x 1 nm
grid layout with an east-west and northsouth orientation, which lessees agreed
will apply across all the Massachusetts
and Rhode Island wind energy areas.
The Project would include two export
cable corridors. One corridor would be
used by multiple export cables making
landfall and interconnecting to the ISO
New England Inc. grid in Falmouth,
Massachusetts. The other corridor
would be used by multiple export cables
making landfall and interconnecting to
the ISO New England Inc. grid at
Brayton Point in Somerset,
Massachusetts.
Alternatives: BOEM considered 17
alternatives when preparing the DEIS
and carried forward 6 alternatives for
further analysis in the DEIS. These six
alternatives include five action
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alternatives and the no action
alternative. BOEM did not analyze in
detail 11 of the alternatives 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 DEIS. The screening
criteria included consistency with law
and regulations, technical and economic
feasibility, environmental impact, and
geographic considerations.
Availability of the DEIS: The DEIS,
COP, and associated information are
available on BOEM’s website at: https://
www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/southcoast-wind. BOEM has
distributed digital copies of the DEIS to
all parties listed in the DEIS appendix
M, which also includes the location of
all libraries receiving a copy. If you
require a digital copy on a flash drive
or paper copy, BOEM will provide one
upon request, if supplies are available.
You may request a flash drive or paper
copy of the DEIS by calling (703) 787–
1532.
Cooperating Agencies: The following
eight Federal agencies and State
governmental entities participated as
cooperating agencies in the preparation
of the DEIS: 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; Massachusetts Office of Coastal
Zone Management; Rhode Island
Coastal Resources Management Council;
and New York State Department of
State.
Information on Submitting
Comments: BOEM does not consider
anonymous comments. Please include
your name and address as part of your
comment. BOEM makes your comment,
including your name and address,
available for public review online and
during regular business hours. You may
request that BOEM withhold your name,
address, or any other personally
identifiable information (PII) included
in your comment from the public
record; however, BOEM cannot
guarantee that it will be able to do so.
If you wish your name, address, or other
PII to be withheld, you must state your
request prominently in a cover letter
and explain the harm that you fear from
its disclosure such as unwarranted
privacy invasion, embarrassment, or
injury. Even if BOEM withholds your
information in the context of this notice,
your comment is subject to the Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) and any
relevant court orders. If your comment
is requested under FOIA or a relevant
court order, your information will only
be withheld if a determination is made
that one of the FOIA’s exemptions to
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disclosure applies or if the relevant
court order is challenged. Such a
determination will be made in
accordance with the Department of the
Interior’s FOIA regulations and
applicable law.
Please label privileged or confidential
information as ‘‘Contains Confidential
Information,’’ and consider submitting
such information as a separate
attachment. Information that is not
labeled as privileged or confidential
may be regarded by BOEM as suitable
for public release.
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.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2023-0011]
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC's (Formerly Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC)
Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: BOEM announces the availability of the draft environmental
impact statement (DEIS) for the construction and operations plan (COP)
submitted by SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC (SouthCoast Wind) for its
proposed SouthCoast Wind Project (Project) offshore Massachusetts. The
DEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the Project as
described in the COP (the proposed action) and the alternatives to the
proposed action. This notice of availability (NOA) announces the start
of the public review and comment period, as well as the dates and times
for public hearings on the DEIS. After BOEM holds the public hearings
and addresses comments provided, BOEM will publish a final
environmental impact statement (EIS). The EIS will inform BOEM's
decision whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove
the COP.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than April 3, 2023. BOEM will
conduct three virtual public hearings. BOEM's virtual public hearings
will be held on the following dates at the times (eastern time)
indicated:
Monday, March 20, 2023; 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023; 1 p.m.
Monday, March 27, 2023; 5 p.m.
Registration for the virtual public hearings is required and may be
completed at https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/southcoast-wind or by calling (703) 787-1532. Meeting information will
be sent to registrants via their email address provided during
registration.
ADDRESSES: The DEIS and detailed information about the Project,
including the COP, can be found on BOEM's website at: https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/southcoast-wind.
Comments can be submitted in any of the following ways:
Orally or in written form during any of the virtual public
hearings identified in this NOA.
In written form by mail or any other delivery service,
enclosed in an
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envelope labeled ``SouthCoast Wind DEIS'' and addressed to Chief,
Office of Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. BOEM-2023-0011. Click on
the ``Comment'' button below the document link. Enter your information
and comment, then click ``Submit Comment.''
For more information about submitting comments, please see
``Information on Submitting Comments'' under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION heading below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Stromberg, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787-1722 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: SouthCoast Wind seeks approval to construct, own,
operate, and maintain the Project: a wind energy facility and its
associated export cables on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore
Massachusetts. The Project would be developed within the range of
design parameters outlined in the SouthCoast Wind COP, subject to
applicable mitigation measures.
The Project would be located about 26 nautical miles (nm) (48
kilometers) south of Martha's Vineyard and 20 nm (37 kilometers) south
of Nantucket in the area defined in BOEM's renewable energy lease OCS-A
0521 (Leased Area). The Leased Area covers approximately 127,388 acres.
The Project would comprise up to 149 positions in the Leased Area to be
occupied by up to 147 wind turbine generators and up to 5 offshore
substation platforms. The 149 positions will conform to a 1 nm x 1 nm
grid layout with an east-west and north-south orientation, which
lessees agreed will apply across all the Massachusetts and Rhode Island
wind energy areas. The Project would include two export cable
corridors. One corridor would be used by multiple export cables making
landfall and interconnecting to the ISO New England Inc. grid in
Falmouth, Massachusetts. The other corridor would be used by multiple
export cables making landfall and interconnecting to the ISO New
England Inc. grid at Brayton Point in Somerset, Massachusetts.
Alternatives: BOEM considered 17 alternatives when preparing the
DEIS and carried forward 6 alternatives for further analysis in the
DEIS. These six alternatives include five action alternatives and the
no action alternative. BOEM did not analyze in detail 11 of the
alternatives 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 DEIS. The screening criteria included consistency
with law and regulations, technical and economic feasibility,
environmental impact, and geographic considerations.
Availability of the DEIS: The DEIS, COP, and associated information
are available on BOEM's website at: https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/southcoast-wind. BOEM has distributed digital
copies of the DEIS to all parties listed in the DEIS appendix M, which
also includes the location of all libraries receiving a copy. If you
require a digital copy on a flash drive or paper copy, BOEM will
provide one upon request, if supplies are available. You may request a
flash drive or paper copy of the DEIS by calling (703) 787-1532.
Cooperating Agencies: The following eight Federal agencies and
State governmental entities participated as cooperating agencies in the
preparation of the DEIS: 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;
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management; Rhode Island Coastal
Resources Management Council; and New York State Department of State.
Information on Submitting Comments: BOEM does not consider
anonymous comments. Please include your name and address as part of
your comment. BOEM makes your comment, including your name and address,
available for public review online and during regular business hours.
You may request that BOEM withhold your name, address, or any other
personally identifiable information (PII) included in your comment from
the public record; however, BOEM cannot guarantee that it will be able
to do so. If you wish your name, address, or other PII to be withheld,
you must state your request prominently in a cover letter and explain
the harm that you fear from its disclosure such as unwarranted privacy
invasion, embarrassment, or injury. Even if BOEM withholds your
information in the context of this notice, your comment is subject to
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and any relevant court orders. If
your comment is requested under FOIA or a relevant court order, your
information will only be withheld if a determination is made that one
of the FOIA's exemptions to disclosure applies or if the relevant court
order is challenged. Such a determination will be made in accordance
with the Department of the Interior's FOIA regulations and applicable
law.
Please label privileged or confidential information as ``Contains
Confidential Information,'' and consider submitting such information as
a separate attachment. Information that is not labeled as privileged or
confidential may be regarded by BOEM as suitable for public release.
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.
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.
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