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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2024–0033]
Notice of Availability of a Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
US Wind Inc.’s Proposed Wind Energy
Facility Offshore Maryland
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; final
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) announces the
availability of the final environmental
impact statement (FEIS) on US Wind
Inc.’s (US Wind) construction and
operations plan (COP) for its proposed
Maryland Offshore Wind Project
(Project). The FEIS analyzes the
potential environmental impacts of the
Project as described in the COP (the
proposed action) and the alternatives to
the proposed action, including the no
action alternative. The FEIS will inform
BOEM’s decision whether to approve,
approve with modifications, or
disapprove the COP.
ADDRESSES: The FEIS and detailed
information about the Project, including
the COP, can be found on BOEM’s
website at: https://www.boem.gov/
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lorena Edenfield, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (907) 231–7679 or
Lorena.Edenfield@boem.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: US Wind seeks
approval to construct, operate, and
maintain a wind energy facility and its
associated export cables on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore
Maryland. The Project would be
developed within the range of design
parameters outlined in the Maryland
Offshore Wind COP, subject to the
applicable mitigation measures.
The Project as proposed in the COP
would include up to 121 wind turbine
generators (WTGs), up to four offshore
substations with one offshore export
cable route, and one meteorological
tower under the terms of Renewable
Energy Lease OCS–A 0490. The lease
area is located ten miles off the coast of
Maryland. The onshore components of
the Project would include a cable
landfall area at 3Rs beach in Delaware.
From the landfall, onshore cables would
continue along an inshore cable export
route in Indian River Bay to connect to
a single onshore substation adjacent to
the point of interconnection in
Dagsboro, Delaware.
Alternatives: BOEM considered 14
alternatives when preparing the draft
environmental impact statement and
carried forward five alternatives for
further analysis. These five alternatives
include four action alternatives and a no
action alternative. Nine alternatives
were not analyzed in detail 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 final EIS. The
screening criteria included consistency
with law and regulations, technical and
economic feasibility, environmental
impact, and geographic considerations.
Availability of the FEIS: The FEIS, US
Wind COP, and associated information
are available on BOEM’s website at:
https://www.boem.gov/renewableenergy/state-activities/marylandoffshore-wind. BOEM has distributed
digital copies of the FEIS to all parties
listed in FEIS Appendix N. If you would
like a flash drive or paper copy, BOEM
will provide one upon request, as long
as supplies are available. You may
request a flash drive or paper copy of
the FEIS by contacting Lorena Edenfield
at (907) 231–7679 or Lorena.Edenfield@
boem.gov.
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Federal agencies and State
governmental entities participated as
cooperating agencies under the National
Environmental Policy Act in the
preparation of the FEIS: 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; National Park Service; and
Delaware Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Control.
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-2024-0033]
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement
for US Wind Inc.'s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Maryland
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; final environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the
availability of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on US
Wind Inc.'s (US Wind) construction and operations plan (COP) for its
proposed Maryland Offshore Wind Project (Project). The FEIS analyzes
the potential environmental impacts of the Project as described in the
COP (the proposed action) and the alternatives to the proposed action,
including the no action alternative. The FEIS will inform BOEM's
decision whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove
the COP.
ADDRESSES: The FEIS 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/maryland-offshore-wind.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorena Edenfield, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia
20166, (907) 231-7679 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action: US Wind seeks approval to construct, operate, and
maintain a wind energy facility and its associated export cables on the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Maryland. The Project would be
developed within the range of design parameters outlined in the
Maryland Offshore Wind COP, subject to the applicable mitigation
measures.
The Project as proposed in the COP would include up to 121 wind
turbine generators (WTGs), up to four offshore substations with one
offshore export cable route, and one meteorological tower under the
terms of Renewable Energy Lease OCS-A 0490. The lease area is located
ten miles off the coast of Maryland. The onshore components of the
Project would include a cable landfall area at 3Rs beach in Delaware.
From the landfall, onshore cables would continue along an inshore cable
export route in Indian River Bay to connect to a single onshore
substation adjacent to the point of interconnection in Dagsboro,
Delaware.
Alternatives: BOEM considered 14 alternatives when preparing the
draft environmental impact statement and carried forward five
alternatives for further analysis. These five alternatives include four
action alternatives and a no action alternative. Nine alternatives were
not analyzed in detail 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 final EIS. The screening criteria
included consistency with law and regulations, technical and economic
feasibility, environmental impact, and geographic considerations.
Availability of the FEIS: The FEIS, US Wind COP, and associated
information are available on BOEM's website at: https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maryland-offshore-wind. BOEM has
distributed digital copies of the FEIS to all parties listed in FEIS
Appendix N. If you would like a flash drive or paper copy, BOEM will
provide one upon request, as long as supplies are available. You may
request a flash drive or paper copy of the FEIS by contacting Lorena
Edenfield at (907) 231-7679 or [email protected].
Cooperating Agencies: The following Federal agencies and State
governmental entities participated as cooperating agencies under the
National Environmental Policy Act in the preparation of the FEIS:
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; National Park Service; and Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
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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