Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment for a Wind Energy Research Lease on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Maine, 46418-46419 [2024-11766]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2023–0042]
Notice of Availability of a Final
Environmental Assessment for a Wind
Energy Research Lease on the Atlantic
Outer Continental Shelf Offshore
Maine
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) announces the
availability of the final environmental
assessment (EA) for the potential
issuance of a wind energy research lease
to the State of Maine. The final EA
analyzes the potential environmental
impacts of the site characterization and
site assessment activities that are
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expected to take place should this
research lease be issued. This notice of
availability (NOA) announces the
availability of the final EA. The final EA
will inform BOEM’s decision whether to
issue the research lease.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brandi Sangunett, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787–1015 or
brandi.sangunett@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: The final EA
considers reasonably foreseeable
environmental consequences of routine
and non-routine activities associated
with issuance of a wind energy research
lease and related site assessment and
site characterization activities within
and around the lease and potential
future project easements. The State of
Maine provided information about
planned site assessment and site
characterization activities including the
general location, timing, and frequency
of the activities and the types of
equipment and vessels likely to be used.
BOEM has identified standard operating
conditions (SOCs) and mitigation to
reduce or eliminate the potential risks to
or conflicts with specific environmental
resources. These SOCs and mitigation
were developed through the analyses
presented in Section 3 of the final EA
and through consultations with other
Federal agencies. A summary of the
SOCs and mitigation are listed in
Appendix D of the final EA. If the
research lease is issued, BOEM will
require the lessee to comply with the
SOCs and mitigation through lease
stipulations and/or as conditions of the
Site Assessment Plan and Research
Activities Plan approval. This EA does
not consider construction and operation
of any wind energy-related research
facilities within the Gulf of Maine,
which, if proposed, would be evaluated
by BOEM as a separate NEPA action.
Alternatives: In addition to the
Proposed Action, BOEM considered a
No Action Alternative. Under the No
Action Alternative, BOEM would not
issue a wind energy research lease to the
State of Maine and site assessment
activities would not occur within the
leased area of the Gulf of Maine.
BOEM’s preferred alternative is the
Proposed Action.
Finding of No Significant Impact:
After carefully considering alternatives
described and analyzed in the final EA
and comments from the public and
cooperating and consulting agencies on
the draft EA, BOEM finds that the
issuance of a wind energy research lease
within the proposed lease area offshore
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Maine and related site characterization
and site assessment activities would
have no significant impact on the
environment.
Availability of the Final EA: The final
EA and associated information are
available on BOEM’s website at: https://
www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/maine/gulf-maine.
Authority: This NOA is published in
accordance with regulations at 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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Background.—In November 2022, the
Commission unanimously determined
that a domestic industry was materially
injured by reason of imports of OCTG
from Argentina, Mexico, Russia, and
South Korea. Oil Country Tubular
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and South Korea, Inv. Nos. 701–TA–
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TMK Group contested the Commission’s
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States, Consolidated Court No. 22–
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during the remand proceedings.
Written submissions.—The
Commission is reopening the record in
these proceedings for the limited
purposes of adding information
compiled from detailed U.S. Census
Bureau edited Customs and Border
Protection data differentiating imports
from South Korea by supplier, and
revising tables considered in its
cumulation analysis to exclude
responses and data concerning
nonsubject imports from South Korea.
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The Commission will permit the parties
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2023-0042]
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment for a
Wind Energy Research Lease on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
Offshore Maine
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the
availability of the final environmental assessment (EA) for the
potential issuance of a wind energy research lease to the State of
Maine. The final EA analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the
site characterization and site assessment activities that are expected
to take place should this research lease be issued. This notice of
availability (NOA) announces the availability of the final EA. The
final EA will inform BOEM's decision whether to issue the research
lease.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandi Sangunett, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (703) 787-1015 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: The final EA considers reasonably foreseeable
environmental consequences of routine and non-routine activities
associated with issuance of a wind energy research lease and related
site assessment and site characterization activities within and around
the lease and potential future project easements. The State of Maine
provided information about planned site assessment and site
characterization activities including the general location, timing, and
frequency of the activities and the types of equipment and vessels
likely to be used. BOEM has identified standard operating conditions
(SOCs) and mitigation to reduce or eliminate the potential risks to or
conflicts with specific environmental resources. These SOCs and
mitigation were developed through the analyses presented in Section 3
of the final EA and through consultations with other Federal agencies.
A summary of the SOCs and mitigation are listed in Appendix D of the
final EA. If the research lease is issued, BOEM will require the lessee
to comply with the SOCs and mitigation through lease stipulations and/
or as conditions of the Site Assessment Plan and Research Activities
Plan approval. This EA does not consider construction and operation of
any wind energy-related research facilities within the Gulf of Maine,
which, if proposed, would be evaluated by BOEM as a separate NEPA
action.
Alternatives: In addition to the Proposed Action, BOEM considered a
No Action Alternative. Under the No Action Alternative, BOEM would not
issue a wind energy research lease to the State of Maine and site
assessment activities would not occur within the leased area of the
Gulf of Maine. BOEM's preferred alternative is the Proposed Action.
Finding of No Significant Impact: After carefully considering
alternatives described and analyzed in the final EA and comments from
the public and cooperating and consulting agencies on the draft EA,
BOEM finds that the issuance of a wind energy research lease within the
proposed lease area offshore
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Maine and related site characterization and site assessment activities
would have no significant impact on the environment.
Availability of the Final EA: The final EA and associated
information are available on BOEM's website at: https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maine/gulf-maine.
Authority: This NOA is published in accordance with regulations at
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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