Notice of Availability of a Joint Record of Decision for the Proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project, 75624-75625 [2023-24295]
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Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA;
16 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Gary Frazer,
Assistant Director for Ecological Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2023–0047]
Notice of Availability of a Joint Record
of Decision for the Proposed Coastal
Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial
Project
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior; National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Record of decision (ROD);
notice of availability.
AGENCY:
BOEM announces the
availability of the joint ROD on the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the construction and operations
plan (COP) submitted by Virginia
Electric and Power Company (dba
Dominion Energy) for its proposed
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
Commercial Project (Project), offshore
Virginia Beach, Virginia. The joint ROD
includes the Department of the Interior’s
(DOI) decision regarding the COP and
NMFS’ plans for decision, pending
completion of all statutory processes,
regarding Dominion Energy’s requested
Incidental Take Regulations (ITR) and
an associated Letter of Authorization
(LOA) under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA). NMFS has
adopted the final EIS to support its
decision of whether or not to issue the
requested ITR under the MMPA. The
joint ROD concludes the National
Environmental Policy Act process for
each agency.
ADDRESSES: The joint ROD and
associated information are available on
BOEM’s website at https://
www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/CVOW-C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information related to BOEM’s action,
contact Jessica Stromberg, BOEM Office
of Renewable Energy Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, VAM–OREP, Sterling,
Virginia 20166, (703) 787–1730, or
jessica.stromberg@boem.gov; For
information related to NMFS’ action,
contact Katherine Renshaw, NOAA
Office of General Counsel, (302) 515–
0324.
SUMMARY:
Dominion
Energy seeks approval to construct,
operate, and maintain the Project: a
wind energy facility and the associated
export cables on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) offshore Virginia. The
Project would be developed within the
range of design parameters outlined in
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the COP, subject to applicable
mitigation measures.
The Project as proposed in the COP
would include up to 202 wind turbine
generators (WTGs); 3 offshore, high
voltage, alternating current substations;
inter-array cables linking the individual
turbines to the offshore substations;
substation interconnector cables linking
the substations to each other; offshore
export cables; an onshore export cable
system; an onshore switching station
north of Harpers Road (Harpers
Switching Station) or north of Princess
Anne Road (Chicory Switching Station)
in Virginia Beach, Virginia; and an
overhead power line connection to the
existing electrical grid at the Fentress
Substation in Chesapeake, Virginia.
The WTGs, offshore substations, interarray cables, and substation
interconnector cables would be located
on the OCS approximately 24 nautical
miles (27 statute miles) east of Virginia
Beach, Virginia, within the area defined
by Renewable Energy Lease OCS–A–
0483. The offshore export cables would
be buried below the seabed surface on
the OCS and Commonwealth of
Virginia-owned submerged lands. The
onshore export cables, substations, and
grid connections would be located in
Princess Anne County, Virginia.
After carefully considering public
comments on the draft EIS and the
alternatives described and analyzed in
the final EIS, DOI selected Alternative
B, ‘‘Revised Layout to Accommodate the
Fish Haven and Navigation,’’ in
combination with Alternative D–1,
‘‘Onshore Habitat Impact Minimization
Alternative.’’ This combination of
alternatives B and D–1 is the preferred
alternative identified in the final EIS.
The anticipated mitigation, monitoring,
and reporting requirements, which will
be included in BOEM’s COP approval as
terms and conditions, are included in
the ROD, which is available at: https://
www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/CVOW-C.
NMFS has adopted BOEM’s final EIS
to support its decision of whether or not
to promulgate the requested ITR and
issue the associated LOA to Dominion
Energy. NMFS’ final decision of
whether or not to promulgate the
requested ITR and issue the LOA will be
documented in a separate Decision
Memorandum prepared in accordance
with internal NMFS policy and
procedures. The final ITR and a notice
of issuance of the LOA, if issued, will
be published in the Federal Register.
The LOA would authorize Dominion
Energy to take small numbers of marine
mammals incidental to Project
construction and would set forth
permissible methods of incidental
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taking; means of affecting the least
practicable adverse impact on the
species and their habitat; and
requirements for monitoring and
reporting. Pursuant to section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act, NMFS issued
a final Biological Opinion to BOEM on
September 18, 2023, evaluating the
effects of the proposed action on ESAlisted species. The proposed action in
the Biological Opinion includes the
associated permits, approvals, and
authorizations that may be issued.
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.
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i Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act; 42 U.S.C. 18116, https://
www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/section1557/.
ii Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and
Disability Discrimination in Hiring, Department of
Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, https://www.ada.gov/resources/aiguidance/.
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particularly when that use affects the
safety and rights of the public. This
memorandum also would carry out
provisions of the AI in Government Act
of 2020, secs. 101–104, Div. U, Public
Law 116–260, and the Advancing
American AI Act, secs. 7221–7228,
Public Law 117–263.
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Are the roles, responsibilities, seniority,
position, and reporting structures
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the breadth of covered agencies?
2. What types of coordination
mechanisms, either in the public or
private sector, would be particularly
effective for agencies to model in their
establishment of an AI Governance
Body? What are the benefits or
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generative AI to improve agency
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