Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for the Revolution Wind Farm and Revolution Wind Export Cable Project Offshore Rhode Island, 15982-15983 [2024-04780]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
[Permit No. NAE–2020–00707]
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action
on the Authorization for the Revolution
Wind Farm and Revolution Wind
Export Cable Project Offshore Rhode
Island
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims
for judicial review of actions by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
AGENCY:
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USACE announces final
agency action on the USACE
authorization for the proposed
construction and maintenance of the
Revolution Wind Farm and Revolution
Wind Offshore Export Cable Project (the
Revolution Wind Project) offshore
Rhode Island. USACE has issued a
permit authorizing the construction and
maintenance of the Revolution Wind
Project under section 10 of the Rivers
and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA) and
section 404 of the Clean Water Act
(CWA). The Revolution Wind Project is
a ‘‘covered project’’ under title 41 of the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Act.
DATES: A claim seeking judicial review
of the USACE authorization of
construction and maintenance of the
Revolution Wind Project will be barred
unless the claim is filed not later than
two years after this notice’s publication
date. If the Federal law that allows for
judicial review of the USACE
authorization specifies a shorter time
period for filing such a claim, then that
shorter time period will apply.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Ruth Brien, Regulatory Project Manager,
Regulatory Division, USACE, New
England District, 696 Virginia Road,
Concord, Massachusetts 01742, (978)
318–8054 or cenae-r-offshorewind@
usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that USACE has taken final
agency action on its authorization for
the proposed Revolution Wind Project
by issuing a permit authorizing
construction and maintenance of the
Project under section 10 of the RHA and
section 404 of the CWA. The majority of
the authorized work will occur in the
Atlantic Ocean within the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS–A–
0486, which is approximately 15
nautical miles (nm) southeast of Point
Judith, Rhode Island, approximately 13
nm east of Block Island, Rhode Island,
and approximately 7.5 nm south of
Nomans Land Island National Wildlife
Refuge.
The work authorized under the
USACE permit includes the following:
(1) the installation of up to 65 wind
turbine generators (WTGs) and up to 2
offshore substations (OSSs) with
associated scour protection, (2) the
installation of 155 miles of inter-array
cables connecting the WTGs and 9 miles
of inter-link cables connecting the OSSs
with associated secondary cable
protection as needed, and (3)
installation of up to 2 export
transmission cables with associated
secondary cable protection within a 42SUMMARY:
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mile-long offshore export cable corridor
extending from the lease area north into
Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett
Bay, making landfall near Quonset Point
in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
The USACE’s decision to issue a
permit, and the laws under which the
action was taken, are described in the
Revolution Wind Export Cable Project
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) published on July 21, 2023, in the
joint Record of Decision (ROD) issued
on August 21, 2023, and in other project
records. The FEIS, ROD, and other
documents can be viewed and
downloaded from the BOEM project
website at https://www.boem.gov/
renewable-energy/state-activities/
revolution-wind. The USACE permit can
be viewed and downloaded from the
USACE website at https://
www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/
Regulatory/Permits-Issued/OrstedRevolution-Wind-LLC-Oct-2023/. By this
notice, USACE is advising the public of
final agency action subject to 42 U.S.C.
4370m–6(a)(1)(A).
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m–
6(a)(1)(A).
John P. Lloyd,
Brigadier General, Commanding.
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I. Background
II. Determination Statement
III. State Certification
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[EERE–2023–BT–DET–0017]
Determination Regarding Energy
Efficiency Improvements in ANSI/
ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1–2022
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notification of determination.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) has reviewed ANSI/
ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1–2022:
Energy Standard for Buildings, Except
Low-Rise Residential Buildings
(Standard 90.1–2022) and determined
the updated edition would improve
energy efficiency in commercial
buildings. DOE analysis indicates that
buildings meeting Standard 90.1–2022,
as compared with buildings meeting the
previous 2019 edition, would result in
national average site energy savings of
9.8 percent of commercial building
energy consumption. Under the Energy
Conservation and Production Act, as
amended (ECPA), upon publication of
an affirmative determination, each State
is required to review the provisions of
their commercial building code
regarding energy efficiency, and, as
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necessary, update their codes to meet or
exceed Standard 90.1–2022.
Additionally, this notice provides
guidance on state code review processes
and associated certifications.
DATES: Certification statements provided
by States shall be submitted by March
6, 2026.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the supporting
analysis, as well a link to the Federal
docket, is available at:
www.energycodes.gov/development/
determinations.
Certification Statements must be
addressed to the Building Technologies
Office—Building Energy Codes Program
Manager, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, EE–5B, Washington, DC
20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jeremiah Williams; U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, EE–5B, Washington, DC
20585; (202) 441–1288;
Jeremy.Williams@ee.doe.gov.
For legal issues, please contact: Ms.
Laura Zuber; U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of the General Counsel, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, GC–33,
Washington, DC 20585; (240) 306–7651;
Laura.Zuber@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
Title III of the Energy Conservation
and Production Act, as amended
(ECPA), establishes requirements for
DOE to review consensus-based
building energy conservation standards.
(42 U.S.C. 6831 et seq.) Section 304(b),
as amended, of ECPA provides that
whenever the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA 1
Standard 90.1–1989 (Standard 90.1–
1989 or 1989 edition), or any successor
to that code, is revised, the Secretary of
Energy (Secretary) must make a
determination, not later than 12 months
after such revision, whether the revised
code would improve energy efficiency
in commercial buildings, and must
publish notice of such determination in
the Federal Register. 42 U.S.C.
6833(b)(2)(A). If the Secretary makes an
affirmative determination, within two
years of the publication of the
determination, each State is required to
certify that it has reviewed and updated
the provisions of its commercial
1 ANSI—American National Standards Institute;
ASHRAE—American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers;
IES—Illuminating Engineering Society.
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building code regarding energy
efficiency with respect to the revised or
successor code and include in its
certification a demonstration that the
provisions of its commercial building
code, regarding energy efficiency, meet
or exceed the revised standard. 42
U.S.C. 6833(b)(2)(B)(i).
ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1–
2022 (Standard 90.1–2022 or the
‘‘Standard’’), the most recent edition,
was published in January 2023,
triggering the statutorily required DOE
review process. Standard 90.1–2022 is
developed under ANSI-approved
procedures,2 a public review and
consensus process through which any
interested party can participate, and is
under continuous maintenance under
the purview of an ASHRAE Standing
Standard Project Committee (commonly
referenced as SSPC 90.1). ASHRAE has
an established program for regular
publication of addenda, or revisions,
including procedures for timely,
documented, public review and
consensus action on requested changes
to Standard 90.1–2022. More
information on the consensus process
and Standard 90.1–2022 is available at
www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/
bookstore/standard-90-1.
In support of its model energy code
determinations, DOE conducts a
technical analysis to assess the energy
savings impacts associated with the
updated code (Standard 90.1–2022).
DOE’s review under ECPA is technical
in nature and helps to inform and
advise interested industry stakeholders
of the effects of the updated code, as
well as states and local governments
who ultimately adopt, implement and
enforce building codes. Although, DOE
is an active participant in the review
and update process for Standard 90.1–
2022, as directed under ECPA (42 U.S.C.
6836(b)), the Department neither
administers nor publishes the model
energy codes. Additionally, the
directive for states to update their
energy efficiency codes based on the
updated edition of Standard 90.1–2022
is ultimately rooted in ECPA. DOE’s
technical analysis serves as basis for
DOE’s determination and helps inform
adopting states who seek to update their
codes and comply with ECPA.
DOE’s full technical analysis,
including assumptions and parameters
applied in the analysis, is published as
a separate technical support document
(TSD) and available for review at
www.energycodes.gov/sites/default/
2 See www.ansi.org/american-national-standards/
info-for-standards-developers/standardsdevelopers.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
[Permit No. NAE-2020-00707]
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for
the Revolution Wind Farm and Revolution Wind Export Cable Project
Offshore Rhode Island
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
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SUMMARY: USACE announces final agency action on the USACE authorization
for the proposed construction and maintenance of the Revolution Wind
Farm and Revolution Wind Offshore Export Cable Project (the Revolution
Wind Project) offshore Rhode Island. USACE has issued a permit
authorizing the construction and maintenance of the Revolution Wind
Project under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA)
and section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Revolution Wind
Project is a ``covered project'' under title 41 of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation Act.
DATES: A claim seeking judicial review of the USACE authorization of
construction and maintenance of the Revolution Wind Project will be
barred unless the claim is filed not later than two years after this
notice's publication date. If the Federal law that allows for judicial
review of the USACE authorization specifies a shorter time period for
filing such a claim, then that shorter time period will apply.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ruth Brien, Regulatory Project
Manager, Regulatory Division, USACE, New England District, 696 Virginia
Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742, (978) 318-8054 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that USACE has taken
final agency action on its authorization for the proposed Revolution
Wind Project by issuing a permit authorizing construction and
maintenance of the Project under section 10 of the RHA and section 404
of the CWA. The majority of the authorized work will occur in the
Atlantic Ocean within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A-0486, which is approximately 15
nautical miles (nm) southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island,
approximately 13 nm east of Block Island, Rhode Island, and
approximately 7.5 nm south of Nomans Land Island National Wildlife
Refuge.
The work authorized under the USACE permit includes the following:
(1) the installation of up to 65 wind turbine generators (WTGs) and up
to 2 offshore substations (OSSs) with associated scour protection, (2)
the installation of 155 miles of inter-array cables connecting the WTGs
and 9 miles of inter-link cables connecting the OSSs with associated
secondary cable protection as needed, and (3) installation of up to 2
export transmission cables with associated secondary cable protection
within a 42-
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mile-long offshore export cable corridor extending from the lease area
north into Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay, making landfall
near Quonset Point in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
The USACE's decision to issue a permit, and the laws under which
the action was taken, are described in the Revolution Wind Export Cable
Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) published on July
21, 2023, in the joint Record of Decision (ROD) issued on August 21,
2023, and in other project records. The FEIS, ROD, and other documents
can be viewed and downloaded from the BOEM project website at https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/revolution-wind. The
USACE permit can be viewed and downloaded from the USACE website at
https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits-Issued/Orsted-Revolution-Wind-LLC-Oct-2023/. By this notice, USACE is advising
the public of final agency action subject to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-
6(a)(1)(A).
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m-6(a)(1)(A).
John P. Lloyd,
Brigadier General, Commanding.
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