[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79946-79947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22500]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2024-0036]


Notice of Availability of a Joint Record of Decision for the 
Proposed Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind South Project; Errata

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior; National Marine 
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Commerce, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army.

ACTION: Record of decision; notice of availability of errata.

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SUMMARY: On July 8, 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 
published the notice of availability of the joint record of decision 
(ROD) on the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the 
construction and operations plan (COP) submitted by Atlantic Shores 
Offshore Wind Project 1, LLC and Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 
2, LLC (Atlantic Shores) for its proposed Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind 
South Project (Project) offshore New Jersey in the Federal Register (89 
FR 55977). The ROD described the Department of the Interior's selected 
alternative. This errata notice clarifies that the Department of the 
Interior's selected alternative also includes the removal of a single 
wind turbine generator (WTG) location, identified as AX01 and located 
approximately 150 to 200 ft (46 to 61 m) from the observed Fish Haven 
(Atlantic City Artificial Reef Site). While WTG AX01 was identified as 
removed in the description of the preferred alternative in the final 
EIS, BOEM inadvertently omitted a specific statement in the ROD noting 
that position was removed from the selected layout. In addition, the 
originally published ROD inadvertently identified WTG AX01 as being 
subject to micrositing instead of removal. In publishing this errata, 
BOEM is conforming the specific description of the selected alternative 
to the final EIS

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and making clear that a total of 3 WTG locations will be removed from 
the Project. Specific locations for WTG removal and micrositing are 
clarified in a footnote in the ROD errata.

ADDRESSES: The ROD, ROD errata, and associated information are 
available on BOEM's website at https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/atlantic-shores-south.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information related to BOEM's 
action, please contact Kimberly Sullivan, BOEM Office of Renewable 
Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OREP, Sterling, Virginia 
20166, (702) 338-4766, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83e8eaeee1e6f1effaadf0f6efeff5eae2edc3e1ece6eeade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea818387888f988693c4999f86869c838b84aa88858f87c48d859c">[email protected]</span></a>. For information 
related to National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) action, contact 
Katherine Renshaw, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Office of General Counsel, (302) 515-0324, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a313b2e323f2833343f74283f3429323b2d1a34353b3b743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066d67726e63746f686328746368756e6771466869676728616970">[email protected]</span></a>. 
For information related to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) 
action, please contact Stephen Rochette, (215) 656-6515, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#feaebaaebfd3b0bfaebe8b8d9f9d9bd09f8c9387d0939792"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="41110511006c0f00110134322022246f20332c386f2c282d">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Technical Corrections

    In the Atlantic Shores South ROD dated July 1, 2024, on page 33 is 
corrected to read:
    The selected alternative combines aspects of Alternatives B, C4, 
D3, and E. The selected alternative will locate all permanent 
structures into the uniform grid spacing, microsite up to 29 WTGs, 1 
OSS, and associated interarray cables outside of the 1,000-ft (305-m) 
buffer of the ridge and swale features within the NMFS-identified AOCs 
1 and 2, restrict the height of WTGs in Project 1 to a maximum hub 
height of 522 ft (159 m) AMSL and maximum blade tip height of 932 ft 
(284 m) AMSL, provide a minimum 0.81-nmi (1,500-m) setback between the 
WTGs in Atlantic Shores South and the WTGs in Ocean Wind 1 (Lease Area 
OCS-A 0498) by removing two WTGs and micrositing one WTG from Project 
1, and remove a single WTG location approximately 150 to 200 ft (46 to 
61 m) from the observed Fish Haven (Atlantic City Artificial Reef 
Site). The total number of permanent structures constructed (WTGs, 
OSSs, and/or met tower) may not exceed 197.
    The added footnote is as follows:
    Figure 2.1-10-C4 of the final EIS depicts the unique identifier for 
each position in the WTG array layout. The selected alternative removes 
positions AX01, BB05, and BC06 from the layout. Positions AZ08, BA09, 
BC07, BE10, BE12, BE14, BE15, BE16, BF14, BF15, and BG13 have been 
deemed acceptable for micrositing by BOEM and USCG.

Walter D. Cruickshank,
Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2024-22500 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
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