Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for the New England Wind Farm and New England Wind Project, 74263 [2024-20642]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
[Permit No. NAE–2021–01301]
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action
on the Authorization for the New
England Wind Farm and New England
Wind Project
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:
USACE announces final
agency action on the USACE
authorization for the proposed
construction and maintenance of the
New England Wind Farm and New
England Wind Project Phase I (New
England Wind Phase I Project) offshore
Massachusetts. USACE has issued a
permit authorizing the construction and
maintenance of the New England Wind
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Phase I Project under section 10 of the
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA)
and section 404 of the Clean Water Act
(CWA). The New England Wind Phase
I 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
New England Wind Phase I 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:
Christine Jacek, 696 Virginia Road,
Concord, Massachusetts 01742, 978–
318–8026, 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 New England Wind Phase
I Project by issuing a permit authorizing
construction and maintenance of the
Project under section 10 of the RHA and
section 404 of the CWA. A majority of
the work will occur in the Atlantic
Ocean within the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management (BOEM) Renewable
Energy Lease Area OCS–A 0534, which
is approximately eighteen (18) nautical
miles (NM) south of Martha’s Vineyard,
Massachusetts. Export cable work
would occur within a forty two (42) NM
long offshore export cable corridor
extending from the lease area, through
the Muskeget Channel and Nantucket
Sound with cable landfall at Craigville
Beach, Barnstable, Massachusetts. The
export cables would also cross the
Centerville River in Barnstable,
Massachusetts.
The work authorized under the
USACE permit includes the
construction and maintenance of a
commercial-scale offshore wind facility
within a 63,012 acre BOEM Renewable
Energy Lease Area OCS–A 0534. The
work includes: (1) the installation of up
to sixty two (62) wind turbine
generators (WTGs) and up to two (2)
electrical service platforms (ESPs) with
up to seventy four (74) acres associated
scour protection for the structures, (2)
the installation of approximately 133
NM of inter-array cables connecting the
WTGs and inter-link cable connecting
the ESPs to the WTGs with eleven (11)
acres of associated scour protection for
the cables, (3) the installation up to two
(2) export transmission cables within a
single forty two (42) NM offshore export
cable corridor (OECC) with
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approximately 2.5 acres of cable scour
protection on the outer continental shelf
(OCS) and 21.5 acres of subtidal fills
associated with cable scour protection
and sand wave relocation activities.
Each export transmission cable will
have a 12 foot (ft.) wide disturbance
zone associated with installation and an
estimated disturbance area involving up
to 75 acres of subtidal waters., (4) the
refilling of two horizontal directional
drilling (HDD) exit pits to be excavated
for the HDD work associated with the
shore to landfall work. Each HDD exit
pit will be approximately 10,000 square
feet (sq. ft.) in size with approximately
20,000 sq. ft. of total impacts associated
with the discharge of excavated material
back into the HDD pits, and (5) HDD
installation of the transmission cables
under the Centerville River.
The USACE’s decision to issue a
permit, and the laws under which the
action was taken, are described in the
New England Wind Project Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
published in March 2024, in the joint
Record of Decision (ROD) issued on
April 1, 2024, 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/newengland-wind-1-and-2. The USACE
permit can be viewed and downloaded
from the USACE website at https://
www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/
Regulatory/permits-Issued/. 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, USA, Commanding.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
[Permit No. NAE-2021-01301]
Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for
the New England Wind Farm and New England Wind Project
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 New England Wind
Farm and New England Wind Project Phase I (New England Wind Phase I
Project) offshore Massachusetts. USACE has issued a permit authorizing
the construction and maintenance of the New England Wind Phase I
Project under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA)
and section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The New England Wind
Phase I 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 New England Wind Phase I 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: Christine Jacek, 696 Virginia Road,
Concord, Massachusetts 01742, 978-318-8026, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that USACE has taken
final agency action on its authorization for the proposed New England
Wind Phase I Project by issuing a permit authorizing construction and
maintenance of the Project under section 10 of the RHA and section 404
of the CWA. A majority of the work will occur in the Atlantic Ocean
within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Renewable Energy
Lease Area OCS-A 0534, which is approximately eighteen (18) nautical
miles (NM) south of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Export cable work
would occur within a forty two (42) NM long offshore export cable
corridor extending from the lease area, through the Muskeget Channel
and Nantucket Sound with cable landfall at Craigville Beach,
Barnstable, Massachusetts. The export cables would also cross the
Centerville River in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
The work authorized under the USACE permit includes the
construction and maintenance of a commercial-scale offshore wind
facility within a 63,012 acre BOEM Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A
0534. The work includes: (1) the installation of up to sixty two (62)
wind turbine generators (WTGs) and up to two (2) electrical service
platforms (ESPs) with up to seventy four (74) acres associated scour
protection for the structures, (2) the installation of approximately
133 NM of inter-array cables connecting the WTGs and inter-link cable
connecting the ESPs to the WTGs with eleven (11) acres of associated
scour protection for the cables, (3) the installation up to two (2)
export transmission cables within a single forty two (42) NM offshore
export cable corridor (OECC) with approximately 2.5 acres of cable
scour protection on the outer continental shelf (OCS) and 21.5 acres of
subtidal fills associated with cable scour protection and sand wave
relocation activities. Each export transmission cable will have a 12
foot (ft.) wide disturbance zone associated with installation and an
estimated disturbance area involving up to 75 acres of subtidal
waters., (4) the refilling of two horizontal directional drilling (HDD)
exit pits to be excavated for the HDD work associated with the shore to
landfall work. Each HDD exit pit will be approximately 10,000 square
feet (sq. ft.) in size with approximately 20,000 sq. ft. of total
impacts associated with the discharge of excavated material back into
the HDD pits, and (5) HDD installation of the transmission cables under
the Centerville River.
The USACE's decision to issue a permit, and the laws under which
the action was taken, are described in the New England Wind Project
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) published in March 2024, in
the joint Record of Decision (ROD) issued on April 1, 2024, 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/new-england-wind-1-and-2. The USACE
permit can be viewed and downloaded from the USACE website at https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/permits-Issued/. 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, USA, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 2024-20642 Filed 9-11-24; 8:45 am]
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