[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 81486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27701]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management


Vineyard Wind LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore 
Massachusetts

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The preparation of an Environment Impact Statement (EIS) for 
the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind 
LLC (Vineyard Wind) concerning the construction and operation of an 800 
megawatt wind energy facility offshore Massachusetts (Vineyard Wind 1 
Project) is no longer necessary and the process is hereby terminated.

DATES: This termination takes effect immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact: Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 
45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166, (703) 787-1722 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In December 2017, Vineyard Wind submitted to 
BOEM a COP for the Vineyard Wind 1 Project. On December 7, 2018, BOEM 
published a Draft EIS for the proposed Project. On June 12, 2020, BOEM 
published a Supplement to the Draft EIS in response to comments from 
the public and stakeholders requesting an expanded cumulative analysis 
and an analysis of fishing data previously unavailable to BOEM. A Final 
EIS was scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on December 
11, 2020. However, by way of a letter dated December 1, 2020, Vineyard 
Wind withdrew the COP ``from further review and decision-making by BOEM 
pursuant to 30 CFR 585.628'' to conduct additional technical and 
logistical reviews associated with the inclusion of the General 
Electric Haliade-X wind turbine generator into the final project 
design. Vineyard Wind's December 1, 2020, letter for withdrawal of its 
COP was made ``effectively immediately.'' Since the COP has been 
withdrawn from review and decision-making, there is no longer a 
proposal for a major federal action awaiting technical and 
environmental review, nor is there a decision pending before BOEM. See 
42 U.S.C. 4332; 40 CFR 1500.1; 1508.1(q), (x). Thus, in light of 
Vineyard Wind's letter dated December 1, 2020, this notice advises the 
public that the preparation and completion of an EIS is no longer 
necessary, and the process is hereby terminated.
    Authority: This Notice was prepared under National Environmental 
Policy Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and published in 
accordance with Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 
parts 1500-1508), including sections 1503.1 and 1506.6.

William Yancey Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2020-27701 Filed 12-15-20; 8:45 am]
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