[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 169 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 49563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19143]


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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; Extension of Comment Period and Corrections

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period and corrections.

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SUMMARY: On August 31, 2021, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
(BOEM) published the ``Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Project on the 
Northeast Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf'' in the Federal Register 
(86 FR 48763). The NOI announced that BOEM will prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) as part of its review of a 
construction and operations plan submitted by Sunrise Wind LLC and 
provided project information. The NOI stated that comments received by 
September 30, 2021, will be considered. This notice corrects two 
statements in the NOI regarding the agreement with the New York State 
Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the proposed 
foundation types. In addition, this notice extends the comment period.

DATES: Comments received by October 4, 2021, will be considered.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing in any of the 
following ways:
     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://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 [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Technical Corrections

    In the Federal Register dated August 31, 2021, on page 48764 in the 
first column, line 64, under the heading ``Purpose and Need for the 
Proposed Action,'' BOEM originally included the following sentences: 
``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.''
    BOEM is replacing that language with these corrected sentences: 
``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 an Offshore 
Wind Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase and Sale Agreement (OREC) 
with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to 
deliver 880 MW of offshore wind energy. Sunrise Wind has the ability 
under the OREC to deliver a maximum project capacity of 924 MW of 
offshore wind energy.''
    In the same edition of the Federal Register, on page 48765, first 
column, line 2, under the heading ``Preliminary Proposed Action and 
Alternatives,'' (which begins on previous page), BOEM included the 
sentence: ``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.''
    BOEM is replacing that language with this corrected sentence: ``The 
wind turbine generators will use monopile foundations and the OCS-DC 
will be on a piled jacket foundation.''

William Yancey Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-19143 Filed 9-2-21; 8:45 am]
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