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Anchorage, Alaska, 30 calendar days 

from the date of the Federal Register 

notice publication. The surveys, which 

were executed at the request of the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and the BLM, 

are necessary for the management of 

these lands. 

DATES: The BLM must receive protests 

by September 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may buy a copy of the 

plats from the BLM Alaska Public 

Information Center, 222 W. 7th Avenue, 

Mailstop 13, Anchorage, AK 99513. 

Please use this address when filing 

written protests. You may also view the 

plats at the BLM Alaska Public 

Information Center, Fitzgerald Federal 

Building, 222 West 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, Alaska, at no cost. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas B. O’Toole, Chief, Branch of 

Cadastral Survey, Alaska State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management, 222 West 

7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513; 

907–271–4231; totoole@blm.gov. People 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the BLM during normal business 

hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands 

surveyed are: 

Copper River Meridian, Alaska 

T. 10 N., R. 1 E., accepted November 5, 2020. 

T. 20 N., R. 11 E., accepted February 2, 2021. 

U.S. Survey No. 13416, accepted January 13, 

2021, situated in T. 17 N., R. 12 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 13841, accepted November 

9, 2020, situated in T. 16 N., R. 12 E., 

and T. 16 N., R. 13 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 14503, accepted January 14, 

2021, situated in T. 20 N., R. 11 E. 

Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska 

T. 4 N., R. 2 W., accepted February 10, 2021. 

T. 5 N., R. 6 W., accepted January 13, 2021. 

T. 7 S., R. 27 E., accepted November 6, 2020. 

T. 3 S., R. 12 W., accepted February 10, 2021. 

U.S. Survey No. 14506, accepted January 15, 

2021, situated in T. 13 S., R. 10 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 14507, accepted January 13, 

2021, situated in T. 28 S., R. 9 E. 

U.S. Survey No. 14511, accepted January 13, 

2021, situated in T. 21 S., R. 7 E. 

Seward Meridian, Alaska 

T. 15 N., R. 2 E., Memorandum of correction 

of survey plat, dated December 4, 2020, 

corrects the area of section 26. 

T. 20 N., R. 73 W., accepted March 10, 2021. 

T. 6 S., R. 55 W., accepted January 29, 2021. 

T. 17 S., R. 45 W., accepted December 22, 

2020. 

U.S. Survey No. 11746, accepted January 27, 

2021, situated in T. 16 S., R. 63 W. 

U.S. Survey No. 14465, accepted April 30, 

2019, situated in T. 8 S., R. 31 W. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest one or more plats of survey 

identified above must file a written 

notice of protest with the State Director 

for the BLM in Alaska. The protest may 

be filed by mailing to BLM State 

Director, Alaska State Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, 222 West 7th 

Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513 or by 

delivering it in person to BLM Alaska 

Public Information Center, Fitzgerald 

Federal Building, 222 West 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, Alaska. The notice of protest 

must identify the plat(s) of survey that 

the person or party wishes to protest. 

You must file the notice of protest 

before the scheduled date of official 

filing for the plat(s) of survey being 

protested. The BLM will not consider 

any notice of protest filed after the 

scheduled date of official filing. A 

notice of protest is considered filed on 

the date it is received by the State 

Director for the BLM in Alaska during 

regular business hours; if received after 

regular business hours, a notice of 

protest will be considered filed the next 

business day. A written statement of 

reasons in support of a protest, if not 

filed with the notice of protest, must be 

filed with the State Director for the BLM 

in Alaska within 30 calendar days after 

the notice of protest is filed. 

If a notice of protest against a plat of 

survey is received prior to the 

scheduled date of official filing, the 

official filing of the plat of survey 

identified in the notice of protest will be 

stayed pending consideration of the 

protest. A plat of survey will not be 

officially filed until the dismissal or 

resolution of all protests of the plat. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information in a 

notice of protest or statement of reasons, 

you should be aware that the documents 

you submit, including your personally 

identifiable information, may be made 

publicly available in their entirety at 

any time. While you can ask the BLM 

to withhold your personally identifiable 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3.) 

Thomas O’Toole, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18669 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2021–0052] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm 

Project on the Northeast Atlantic Outer 

Continental Shelf 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS); request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

BOEM announces its intent to prepare 

an EIS for the review of a construction 

and operations plan (COP) submitted by 

Sunrise Wind LLC (Sunrise Wind) for 

the construction, and operation of a 

wind energy facility offshore 

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New 

York with a proposed interconnection 

location at the existing Holbrook 

Substation. BOEM seeks public 

comment for the EIS scoping process as 

well as comment concerning 

compliance with section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA) and its implementing 

regulations. Detailed information about 

the proposed wind energy facility, 

including the COP, can be found on 

BOEM’s website at: www.boem.gov/ 

Sunrise-Wind. 

DATES: Comments are due to BOEM no 

later than September 30, 2021. 

BOEM will hold virtual public 

scoping meetings for the Sunrise Wind 

EIS at the following dates and times 

(eastern daylight time): 

• Thursday, September 16, 5:30 p.m.; 

• Monday, September 20, 1:00 p.m.; 

and 

• Wednesday, September 22, 5:30 

p.m. 

Registration for the virtual public 

meetings may be completed here: 

https://www.boem.gov/Sunrise-WindScoping-Virtual-Meetings or by calling 

(703) 787–1073. 

ADDRESSES: Comments can be submitted 

in any of the following ways: 

• In written form, delivered by mail 

or delivery service, enclosed in an 

envelope labeled, ‘‘SUNRISE WIND 

COP EIS’’ and addressed to Program 

Manager, Office of Renewable Energy, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, 

Virginia 20166; or 

• Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to http:// 


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www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. BOEM–2021–0052. Click on 

the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button to the right 

of the document link. Enter your 

information and comment, then click 

‘‘Submit.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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: 

Purpose of and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

In Executive Order 14008, President 

Biden stated that it is the policy of the 

United States: 

to organize and deploy the full capacity of its 

agencies to combat the climate crisis to 

implement a Government-wide approach that 

reduces climate pollution in every sector of 

the economy; increases resilience to the 

impacts of climate change; protects public 

health; conserves our lands, waters, and 

biodiversity; delivers environmental justice; 

and spurs well-paying union jobs and 

economic growth, especially through 

innovation, commercialization, and 

deployment of clean energy technologies and 

infrastructure. 

Sunrise Wind has the exclusive right 

to submit a COP for activities located 

offshore Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

and New York in the area covered by 

BOEM Renewable Energy Lease OCS–A 

0487 (Lease Area). A portion of the area 

covered by Renewable Energy Lease 

OCS–A 0500 and the entirety of the area 

covered by Renewable Energy Lease 

OCS–A 0487 were merged and included 

in a revised Lease OCS–A 0487 issued 

to Sunrise Wind on March 15, 2021. 

Sunrise Wind has submitted a COP to 

BOEM proposing the construction and 

installation, operations and 

maintenance, and conceptual 

decommissioning of an offshore wind 

energy facility in the Lease Area 

(Project). 

Sunrise Wind’s purpose and need is 

to develop a commercial-scale, offshore 

wind energy facility in the Lease Area, 

with up to 122 wind turbine generators, 

an offshore converter station (OCS–DC), 

inter-array cables, an onshore converter 

station (OnCS–DC), an offshore 

transmission cable making landfall on 

Long Island, New York, and an onshore 

interconnection cable to the Long Island 

Power Authority Holbrook Substation. 

The Project will generate between 880 

megawatts (MW) and 1,300 MW of 

renewable energy. This Project will help 

the State of New York achieve the 

aggressive clean energy goals set forth in 

the Clean Energy Standards Order and 

the Climate Leadership and Community 

Protection Act through a power 

purchase agreement (PPA) contract with 

the New York State Energy Research 

and Development Authority to deliver 

880 MW of offshore wind energy. 

Sunrise Wind may modify its PPA 

contract with NYSERDA to deliver up to 

924 MW of offshore wind energy. 

Based on the goals of the applicant 

and BOEM’s authority, the purpose of 

BOEM’s action is to respond to Sunrise 

Wind’s COP proposal and determine 

whether to approve, approve with 

modifications, or disapprove Sunrise 

Wind’s COP to construct and install, 

operate and maintain, and 

decommission a commercial-scale 

offshore wind energy facility within the 

Lease Area (the Proposed Action). 

BOEM’s action is needed to further the 

United States’ policy to make Outer 

Continental Shelf energy resources 

available for expeditious and orderly 

development, subject to environmental 

safeguards (43 U.S.C. 1332(3)), 

including consideration of natural 

resources, safety of navigation, and 

other ocean uses. 

In addition, the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) anticipates receipt of one or 

more requests for authorization to take 

marine mammals incidental to activities 

related to the Project under the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). 

NMFS’ issuance of an MMPA incidental 

take authorization is a major Federal 

action, and, in relation to BOEM’s 

action, is considered a connected action 

(40 CFR 1501.9(e)(1)). The purpose of 

the NMFS action—which is a direct 

outcome of Sunrise Wind’s request for 

authorization to take marine mammals 

incidental to specified activities 

associated with the Project (e.g., pile 

driving)—is to evaluate Sunrise Wind’s 

request pursuant to specific 

requirements of the MMPA and its 

implementing regulations administered 

by NMFS, considering impacts of 

Sunrise Wind’s activities on relevant 

resources, and if appropriate, issue the 

authorization. NMFS needs to render a 

decision regarding the request for 

authorization due to NMFS’ 

responsibilities under the MMPA (16 

U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(D)) and its 

implementing regulations. If, after 

independent review, NMFS makes the 

findings necessary to issue the 

requested authorization, NMFS intends 

to adopt BOEM’s environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to support that decision 

and fulfill its National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) requirements. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE) New York District anticipates 

a permit action to be undertaken 

through authority delegated to the 

District Engineer by 33 CFR 325.8, 

under section 10 of the Rivers and 

Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA) (33 U.S.C. 

403) and section 404 of the Clean Water 

Act (CWA) (33 U.S.C. 1344). In addition, 

it is anticipated that a section 408 

permission will be required pursuant to 

Section 14 of the RHA of 1899 (33 

U.S.C. 408) for any proposed alterations 

that have the potential to alter, occupy 

or use any USACE federally authorized 

Civil Works projects. The USACE 

considers issuance of a permit under 

these three delegated authorities a major 

Federal action connected to BOEM’s 

Proposed Action (40 CFR 1501.9(e)(1)). 

Sunrise Wind’s stated purpose and need 

for the project, as indicated above, is to 

provide a commercially viable offshore 

wind energy project within the Lease 

Area to help New York achieve its 

renewable energy goals. The basic 

project purpose, as determined by 

USACE for section 404(b)(1) guidelines 

evaluation, is offshore wind energy 

generation. The overall project purpose 

for section 404(b)(1) guidelines 

evaluation, as determined by USACE, is 

the construction and operation of a 

commercial-scale offshore wind energy 

project for renewable energy generation 

and distribution to the New York energy 

grid. The purpose of USACE section 408 

action as determined by EC 1165–2–220 

is to evaluate the applicant’s request 

and determine whether the proposed 

alterations are injurious to the public 

interest or impair the usefulness of the 

USACE project. USACE section 408 

permission is needed to ensure that 

Congressionally authorized projects 

continue to provide their intended 

benefits to the public. USACE intends to 

adopt BOEM’s EIS to support its 

decision on any permits/permissions 

requested under section 10 of the RHA, 

or section 404 of the CWA, and section 

408 of the RHA. The USACE would 

adopt the EIS per 40 CFR 1506.3 if, after 

its independent review of the document, 

it concludes that the EIS satisfies the 

USACE’s comments and 

recommendations. Based on its 

participation as a cooperating agency 

and its consideration of the final EIS, 

the USACE would issue a Record of 

Decision to formally document its 

decision on the proposed action. 

Preliminary Proposed Action and 

Alternatives 

As noted above, Sunrise Wind is 

proposing to construct and operate up to 

122 wind turbine generators, an OCS– 

DC, inter-array cables, an OnCS–DC, an 

offshore transmission cable making 

landfall on Long Island, New York, and 

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Long Island Power Authority Holbrook 

Substation. The wind turbine generator 

foundations may be monopiles or 

gravity base structures with associated 

support and access structures, in some 

combination or entirely of one kind. The 

wind turbine generators, offshore 

substations, foundations, and inter-array 

cables would be located within the 

Lease Area in federal waters 

approximately 18.9 statute miles (mi) 

(16.4 nautical miles [nm], 30.4 

kilometers [km]) south of Martha’s 

Vineyard, Massachusetts; approximately 

30.5 mi (26.5 nm, 48.1 km) east of 

Montauk, New York, and 

approximately16.7 mi (14.5 nm, 26.8 

km) from Block Island, Rhode Island. 

The offshore export cables would be 

buried below the seabed in federal and 

New York State waters. If any 

reasonable alternatives are identified 

during the scoping period, BOEM will 

evaluate those alternatives in the draft 

EIS, which will also include a no action 

alternative. Under the no action 

alternative, BOEM would disapprove 

the COP and the proposed wind energy 

facility would not be built. 

Once BOEM completes the EIS and 

associated consultations, BOEM will 

decide whether to approve, approve 

with modification, or disapprove the 

Sunrise Wind COP. If BOEM approves 

the COP, Sunrise Wind must comply 

with all conditions of its approval. 

Summary of Potential Impacts 

The draft EIS will identify and 

describe the potential effects of the 

Proposed Action on the human 

environment that are reasonably 

foreseeable and have a reasonably close 

causal relationship to the Proposed 

Action. This includes such effects that 

occur at the same time and place as the 

Proposed Action or alternatives and 

effects that are later in time or occur in 

a different place. Potential impacts 

include, but are not limited to, impacts 

(whether beneficial or adverse) on air 

quality, water quality, bats, benthic 

habitat, essential fish habitat, 

invertebrates, finfish, birds, marine 

mammals, terrestrial and coastal 

habitats and fauna, sea turtles, wetlands 

and other waters of the United States, 

commercial fisheries and for-hire 

recreational fishing, cultural resources, 

demographics, employment, economics, 

environmental justice, land use and 

coastal infrastructure, navigation and 

vessel traffic, other marine uses, 

recreation and tourism, and visual 

resources. These potential impacts will 

be analyzed in the draft and final EIS. 

Based on a preliminary evaluation of 

these resources, BOEM expects potential 

impacts on sea turtles and marine 

mammals from underwater noise caused 

by construction and from collision risks 

with Project-related vessel traffic. 

Structures installed by the Project could 

permanently change benthic habitat and 

other fish habitat (e.g., creation of 

artificial reefs). Commercial fisheries 

and for-hire recreational fishing could 

be impacted. Project structures above 

the water could affect the visual 

character defining historic properties 

and have visual impacts on recreational 

and tourism areas. Project structures 

also would pose an allision and height 

hazard to vessels passing close by, and 

vessels would in turn pose a hazard to 

the structures. Additionally, the Project 

could cause conflicts with military 

activities, air traffic, land-based radar 

services, cables and pipelines, and 

scientific surveys. Beneficial impacts 

are also expected by facilitating 

achievement of State renewable energy 

goals, increasing job opportunities, 

improving air quality, and reducing 

carbon emissions. Specifically, for 

increasing job opportunities, an 880 

MW Sunrise Wind project is estimated 

to support more than 2,500 job-years 

during the development and 

construction phases of the project. 

During the operations and maintenance 

phase an 880 MW Sunrise offshore wind 

project will support about 270 jobs per 

year during its 35-year operational 

phase. If Sunrise Wind increases the 

MW installed, the number of jobs 

supported will be greater than the 

estimates cited for the 880 MW project. 

The EIS will analyze measures that 

would avoid, minimize, or mitigate 

environmental effects. 

Anticipated Permits and Authorizations 

In addition to the requested COP 

approval, various other Federal, State, 

and local authorizations will be 

required for the Project. Applicable 

Federal laws include the Endangered 

Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

NEPA, MMPA, RHA, CWA, and the 

Coastal Zone Management Act. BOEM 

will also conduct government-togovernment Tribal consultations. For a 

detailed listing of regulatory 

requirements applicable to the Project, 

please see the COP, volume I, available 

at https://www.boem.gov/Sunrise-Wind. 

BOEM has chosen to use the NEPA 

substitution process to fulfill its 

obligations under NHPA. While BOEM’s 

obligations under NHPA and NEPA are 

independent, regulations implementing 

section 106 of the NHPA, at 36 CFR 

800.8(c), allow the NEPA process and 

documentation to substitute for various 

aspects of review otherwise required 

under the NHPA. This substitution is 

intended to improve efficiency, promote 

transparency and accountability, and 

support a broadened discussion of 

potential effects that a project could 

have on the human environment. 

During preparation of the EIS, BOEM 

will ensure that the NEPA substitution 

process will fully meet all NHPA 

obligations. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

After the draft EIS is completed, 

BOEM will publish a notice of 

availability (NOA) and request public 

comments on the draft EIS. BOEM 

currently expects to issue the NOA in 

October 2022. After the public comment 

period ends, BOEM will review and 

respond to comments received and will 

develop the final EIS. BOEM currently 

expects to make the final EIS available 

to the public in July 2023. A record of 

decision (ROD) will be completed no 

sooner than 30 days after the final EIS 

is released, in accordance with 40 CFR 

1506.11. 

This project is a ‘‘covered project’’ 

under section 41 of the Fixing America’s 

Surface Transportation Act (FAST–41). 

FAST–41 provides increased 

transparency and predictability by 

requiring Federal agencies to publish 

comprehensive permitting timetables for 

all covered projects. FAST–41 also 

provides procedures for modifying 

permitting timetables to address the 

unpredictability inherent in the 

environmental review and permitting 

process for significant infrastructure 

projects. To view the FAST–41 

Permitting Dashboard for the Project, 

visit: https://

cms.permits.performance.gov/ 

permitting-project/sunrise-wind-farm. 

Scoping Process 

This NOI commences the public 

scoping process to identify issues and 

potential alternatives for consideration 

in the Sunrise Wind EIS. BOEM will 

hold virtual public scoping meetings at 

the times and dates described above. 

Throughout the scoping process, 

Federal agencies, state, tribal, and local 

governments, and the general public 

have the opportunity to help BOEM 

identify significant resources and issues, 

impact-producing factors, reasonable 

alternatives (e.g., size, geographic, 

seasonal, or other restrictions on 

construction and siting of facilities and 

activities), and potential mitigation 

measures to be analyzed in the EIS, as 

well as to provide additional 

information. 

As noted above, BOEM will use the 

NEPA substitution process provided for 

in the NHPA regulations. BOEM will 


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consider all written requests from 

individuals or organizations to 

participate as consulting parties under 

NHPA and, as discussed below, will 

determine who among those parties will 

be a consulting party in accordance with 

NHPA regulations. 

NEPA Cooperating Agencies: BOEM 

invites other Federal agencies and state, 

tribal, and local governments to 

consider becoming cooperating agencies 

in the preparation of this EIS. The NEPA 

regulations specify that qualified 

agencies and governments are those 

with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise.’’ Potential cooperating 

agencies should consider their authority 

and capacity to assume the 

responsibilities of a cooperating agency 

and should be aware that an agency’s 

role in the environmental analysis 

neither enlarges nor diminishes the final 

decision-making authority of any other 

agency involved in the NEPA process. 

Upon request, BOEM will provide 

potential cooperating agencies with a 

written summary of expectations for 

cooperating agencies, including 

schedules, milestones, responsibilities, 

scope and detail of cooperating 

agencies’ contributions, and availability 

of pre-decisional information. BOEM 

anticipates this summary will form the 

basis for a memorandum of agreement 

between BOEM and any nonDepartment of the Interior cooperating 

agency. Agencies also should consider 

the factors for determining cooperating 

agency status in the Council on 

Environmental Quality memorandum 

entitled, ‘‘Cooperating Agencies in 

Implementing the Procedural 

Requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act,’’ dated 

January 30, 2002. This document is 

available on the internet at: http://

energy.gov/sites/prod/files/nepapub/ 

nepa_documents/RedDont/G-CEQCoopAgenciesImplem.pdf. 

BOEM, as the lead agency, does not 

provide financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Governmental 

entities that are not cooperating 

agencies will have opportunities to 

provide information and comments to 

BOEM during the public input stages of 

the NEPA process. 

NHPA Consulting Parties: Certain 

individuals and organizations with a 

demonstrated interest in the Project can 

request to participate as NHPA 

consulting parties under 36 CFR 

800.2(c)(5) based on their legal or 

economic stake in historic properties 

affected by the Project. Interested parties 

are referred to that provision to learn 

under what circumstances and how 

those with concerns about the Project’s 

effect on historic properties may request 

to be consulting parties. 

Before issuing this NOI, BOEM 

compiled a list of potential consulting 

parties and invited them in writing to 

become consulting parties. To become a 

consulting party, those invited must 

respond in writing, by the requested 

response date. 

Interested individuals or 

organizations that did not receive an 

invitation can request to be consulting 

parties by writing to the appropriate 

staff at SEARCH, the third party EIS 

contractor supporting BOEM in its 

administration of this review. 

SEARCH’s NHPA contact for this review 

is Dr. Barry Bleichner (504–291–6446), 

barry@searchinc.com. BOEM will 

determine which interested parties 

should be consulting parties. 

Comments: Federal agencies, tribal, 

state, and local governments, and other 

interested parties are requested to 

comment on the scope of this EIS, 

significant issues that should be 

addressed, and alternatives that should 

be considered. For information on how 

to submit comments, see the ADDRESSES

section above. 

BOEM does not consider anonymous 

comments. Please include your name 

and address as part of your comment. 

BOEM makes all comments, including 

the names, addresses, and other 

personally identifiable information 

included in the comment, available for 

public review online. Individuals can 

request that BOEM withhold their 

names, addresses, or other personally 

identifiable information included in 

their comment from the public record; 

however, BOEM cannot guarantee that it 

will be able to do so. In order for BOEM 

to withhold from disclosure your 

personally identifiable information, you 

must identify any information contained 

in your comments that, if released, 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of your privacy. You also must 

briefly describe any possible harmful 

consequences of the disclosure of 

information, such as embarrassment, 

injury, or other harm. 

Additionally, under section 304 of 

NHPA, BOEM is required, after 

consultation with the Secretary of the 

Interior, to withhold the location, 

character, or ownership of historic 

resources if it determines that disclosure 

may, among other things, cause a 

significant invasion of privacy, risk 

harm to the historic resources, or 

impede the use of a traditional religious 

site by practitioners. Tribal entities and 

other parties providing information on 

historic resources should designate 

information that they wish to be held as 

confidential and provide the reasons 

why BOEM should do so. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Request for Identification of Potential 

Alternatives, Information, and 

Analyses Relevant to the Proposed 

Action 

BOEM requests data, comments, 

views, information, analysis, 

alternatives, or suggestions from the 

public; affected Federal, state, tribal, 

and local governments, agencies, and 

offices; the scientific community; 

industry; or any other interested party 

on the Proposed Action. Specifically, 

BOEM requests information on the 

following topics: 

1. Potential effects that the Proposed 

Action could have on biological 

resources, including bats, birds, coastal 

fauna, finfish, invertebrates, essential 

fish habitat, marine mammals, and sea 

turtles. 

2. Potential effects that the Proposed 

Action could have on physical resources 

and conditions including air quality, 

water quality, and wetlands and other 

waters of the United States. 

3. Potential effects that the Proposed 

Action could have on socioeconomic 

and cultural resources, including 

commercial fisheries and for-hire 

recreational fishing, demographics, 

employment, economics, environmental 

justice, land use and coastal 

infrastructure, navigation and vessel 

traffic, other uses (marine minerals, 

military use, aviation), recreation and 

tourism, and scenic and visual 

resources. 

4. Other possible reasonable 

alternatives to the Proposed Action that 

BOEM should consider, including 

additional or alternative avoidance, 

minimization, and mitigation measures. 

5. As part of its compliance with 

NHPA section 106 and its implementing 

regulations (36 CFR part 800), BOEM 

seeks comment and input from the 

public and consulting parties regarding 

the identification of historic properties 

within the Proposed Action’s area of 

potential effects, the potential effects on 

those historic properties from the 

activities proposed in the COP, and any 

information that supports identification 

of historic properties under NHPA. 

BOEM also solicits proposed measures 

to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any 

adverse effects on historic properties. 

BOEM will present available 

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properties during the public scoping 

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

Sunrise-Wind/. BOEM’s effects analysis 

for historic properties will be available 

for public and consulting party 

comment in the draft EIS. 

6. Information on other current or 

planned activities in, or in the vicinity 

of, the Proposed Action and their 

possible impacts on the Project or the 

Project’s impacts on those activities. 

7. Other information relevant to the 

Proposed Action and its impacts on the 

human environment. 

To promote informed decisionmaking, comments should be as specific 

as possible and should provide as much 

detail as necessary to meaningfully and 

fully inform BOEM of the commenter’s 

position. Comments should explain why 

the issues raised are important to the 

consideration of potential 

environmental impacts and alternatives 

to the Proposed Action as well as 

economic, employment, and other 

impacts affecting the quality of the 

human environment. 

The draft EIS will include a summary 

of all alternatives, information, and 

analyses submitted during the scoping 

process for consideration by BOEM and 

the cooperating agencies. 

Authority: This NOI is published in 

accordance with NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq., and 40 CFR 1501.9. 

William Yancey Brown, 

Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18741 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am] 

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JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules; 

Meeting of the Judicial Conference 

AGENCY: Judicial Conference of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Advisory Committee on Civil 

Rules; revised notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Civil Rules will hold a virtual meeting 

on October 5, 2021 rather than meeting 

in person. The meeting is open to the 

public. When a meeting is held 

virtually, members of the public may 

join by telephone or video conference to 

observe but not participate. An agenda 

and supporting materials will be posted 

at least 7 days in advance of the meeting 

at: http://www.uscourts.gov/rulespolicies/records-and-archives-rulescommittees/agenda-books. The 

announcement for this meeting was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 28, 2021. 

DATES: October 5, 2021, 10 a.m. 

(Eastern). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Myers, Esq., Acting Chief Counsel, 

Rules Committee Staff, Administrative 

Office of the U.S. Courts, Thurgood 

Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, 

One Columbus Circle NE, Suite 7–300, 

Washington, DC 20544, Phone (202) 

502–1820, RulesCommittee_Secretary@

ao.uscourts.gov. 

(Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2073.) 

Dated: August 26, 2021. 

Shelly L. Cox, 

Management Analyst, Rules Committee Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18758 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am] 

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JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Advisory Committee on Appellate 

Rules; Meeting of the Judicial 

Conference 

AGENCY: Judicial Conference of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Advisory Committee on 

Appellate Rules; revised notice of open 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Appellate Rules will hold a virtual 

meeting on October 7, 2021 rather than 

meeting in person. The meeting is open 

to the public. When a meeting is held 

virtually, members of the public may 

join by telephone or video conference to 

observe but not participate. An agenda 

and supporting materials will be posted 

at least 7 days in advance of the meeting 

at: http://www.uscourts.gov/rulespolicies/records-and-archives-rulescommittees/agenda-books. The 

announcement for this meeting was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 28, 2021. 

DATES: October 7, 2021, 10 a.m. 

(Eastern). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Myers, Esq., Acting Chief Counsel, 

Rules Committee Staff, Administrative 

Office of the U.S. Courts, Thurgood 

Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, 

One Columbus Circle NE, Suite 7–300, 

Washington, DC 20544, Phone (202) 

502–1820, RulesCommittee_Secretary@

ao.uscourts.gov. 

(Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2073.) 

Dated: August 26, 2021. 

Shelly L. Cox, 

Management Analyst, Rules Committee Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18763 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am] 

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JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy 

Rules; Meeting of the Judicial 

Conference 

AGENCY: Judicial Conference of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Advisory Committee on 

Bankruptcy Rules; revised notice of 

open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Bankruptcy Rules will hold a virtual 

meeting on September 14, 2021 rather 

than meeting in person. The meeting is 

open to the public. When a meeting is 

held virtually, members of the public 

may join by telephone or video 

conference to observe but not 

participate. An agenda and supporting 

materials will be posted at least 7 days 

in advance of the meeting at: http://

www.uscourts.gov/rules-policies/ 

records-and-archives-rules-committees/ 

agenda-books. The announcement for 

this meeting was previously published 

in the Federal Register on June 28, 

2021. 

DATES: September 14, 2021, 10 a.m. 

(Eastern). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Myers, Esq., Acting Chief Counsel, 

Rules Committee Staff, Administrative 

Office of the U.S. Courts, Thurgood 

Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, 

One Columbus Circle NE, Suite 7–300, 

Washington, DC 20544, Phone (202) 

502–1820, RulesCommittee_Secretary@

ao.uscourts.gov. 

(Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2073.) 

Dated: August 25, 2021. 

Shelly L. Cox, 

Management Analyst, Rules Committee Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18693 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

208th Meeting of the Advisory Council 

on Employee Welfare and Pension 

Benefit Plans; Notice of 

Teleconference Meeting 

Pursuant to the authority contained in 

Section 512 of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 

U.S.C. 1142, the 208th open meeting of 

the Advisory Council on Employee 

Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (also 

known as the ERISA Advisory Council) 

will be held via a teleconference on 

Thursday, September 30, 2021. 


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