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information to be collected; and (5) how 

might BOEM minimize the burden of 

this collection on the respondents, 

including minimizing the burden 

through the use of information 

technology? 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. BOEM will include or 

summarize each comment in its request 

to OMB for approval of this ICR. You 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifying information— 

may be publicly disclosed. In order to 

inform BOEM’s decision whether it can 

withhold from disclosure your 

personally identifiable information, you 

must identify any information contained 

in your comment that, if released, 

would clearly constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of your privacy. 

Also, you must briefly describe possible 

harmful consequences of disclosing that 

information, such as embarrassment, 

injury, or other harm. While you can ask 

BOEM in your comment to withhold 

your personally identifiable information 

from public disclosure, BOEM cannot 

guarantee that it will be able to do so. 

BOEM protects proprietary 

information in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA, 5 

U.S.C. 552), and the Department of the 

Interior’s implementing regulations (43 

CFR part 2). 

A Federal agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. (Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995). 

Signed: 

Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, 

Chief, Office of Policy, Regulation, and 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17831 Filed 8–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2021–0066] 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

South Fork Wind, LLC’s Proposed 

Wind Energy Facility Offshore Rhode 

Island 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; final 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

regulations, BOEM announces the 

availability of the final environmental 

impact statement (FEIS) for the 

construction and operation plan (COP) 

submitted by South Fork Wind, LLC, 

(South Fork Wind) for its proposed 

South Fork Wind Farm (SFWF) and 

South Fork Export Cable (SFEC) Project 

(Project). The FEIS analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

Project as described in the COP (the 

proposed action) and alternatives to the 

proposed action and will inform 

BOEM’s decision whether to approve, 

approve with modifications, or 

disapprove the COP. 

ADDRESSES: The FEIS can be found on 

BOEM’s website at: https://

www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/south-fork. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the FEIS or BOEM’s 

policies associated with this notice of 

availability (NOA), please contact: 

Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 

Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 

20166, (703) 787–1722 or 

michelle.morin@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Action: South Fork Wind 

seeks approval to construct, operate, 

maintain, and eventually decommission 

the Project—a wind energy facility on 

the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

offshore Rhode Island and an associated 

export cable. The Project would be 

developed within the range of design 

parameters outlined in the South Fork 

Wind COP, subject to applicable 

mitigation measures. The SFWF as 

proposed in the COP would include up 

to 15 wind turbine generators with a 

nameplate capacity of 6 to 12 megawatts 

per turbine, submarine cables between 

the wind turbine generators (inter-array 

cables), and an offshore substation. The 

SFWF would be located entirely on the 

OCS in the area covered by Renewable 

Energy Lease OCS–A 0517 (Lease Area), 

approximately 19 miles southeast of 

Block Island, RI, and 35 miles east of 

Montauk Point, NY. The SFEC is an 

alternating current electric cable that 

would connect the SFWF to the existing 

mainland electric grid in East Hampton, 

NY. The Project also would include an 

operations and maintenance facility 

located onshore at either Montauk in 

East Hampton, NY, or Quonset Point in 

North Kingstown, RI, and a facility to 

connect the SFEC with the Long Island 

Power Authority electric transmission 

and distribution system in the town of 

East Hampton, NY. 

Alternatives: BOEM considered 22 

alternatives when preparing the draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS) 

and carried forward four alternatives for 

further analysis in the DEIS and FEIS. 

These four alternatives include three 

action alternatives and the no action 

alternative. Eighteen alternatives were 

rejected because they did not meet the 

purpose and need for the proposed 

action or did not meet screening criteria. 

The screening criteria included 

consistency with law and regulations; 

operational, technical, and economic 

feasibility; environmental impact; and 

geographical considerations. 

Availability of the FEIS: The FEIS, 

South Fork Wind COP, and associated 

information are available on BOEM’s 

website at: https://www.boem.gov/ 

South-Fork/. BOEM has distributed 

digital copies of the FEIS to all parties 

listed in the FEIS appendix B, which 

also includes the location of all libraries 

receiving a copy. If you require a CD or 

paper copy, BOEM will provide one 

upon request, as long as copies are 

available. You may request a CD or 

paper copy of the FEIS by calling (703) 

787–1662. 

Cooperating Agencies: The following 

10 agencies and governmental entities 

participated as cooperating agencies 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; the Massachusetts Office of 

Coastal Zone Management; Rhode 

Island Department of Environmental 

Management; Rhode Island Coastal 

Resource Management Council; and 

Town of East Hampton, and Trustees of 

the Freeholders and Commonality of the 

Town of East Hampton. 

Authority: This NOA was prepared 

under 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq. (NEPA, as 

amended) and 40 CFR 1506.6. 

William Yancey Brown, 

Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17829 Filed 8–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR83550000, 212R5065C6, 

RX.59389832.1009676] 

Quarterly Status Report of Water 

Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Actions 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 


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