[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48038-48039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16647]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2022-0021]


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
for Ocean Wind, LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New 
Jersey; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: Draft environmental impact statement (DEIS); extension of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 24, 2022, BOEM published a notice of availability 
(NOA) in the Federal Register announcing a public comment period 
regarding the DEIS for Ocean Wind, LLC's (Ocean Wind) construction and 
operations plan (COP) for a proposed wind energy facility offshore New 
Jersey. BOEM is extending the comment period on the DEIS. This notice 
announces a 15-day extension of the public comment period from August 
8, 2022, to August 23, 2022. After BOEM addresses comments provided, 
BOEM will publish a final environmental impact statement (FEIS). The 
FEIS will inform BOEM's decision whether to approve, approve with 
modifications, or disapprove the COP.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than August 23, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The DEIS and detailed information about Ocean Wind's 
project, including the COP, can be found on BOEM's website at: https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/ocean-wind-1. Comments 
can be submitted in any of the following ways:
     In written form by mail, enclosed in an envelope labeled 
``Ocean Wind 1 COP DEIS'' and addressed to Program Manager, Office of 
Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600 
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
     Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to 
https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. BOEM-2022-0021. 
Click on the ``Comment'' button below the document link. Enter your 
information and comment, then click ``Submit Comment.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Stromberg, BOEM Office of 
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 
20166, (703) 787-1730 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please refer to the NOA published in the 
Federal Register (87 FR 37883) on June 24, 2022, for further 
information. Comments already submitted in response to the June 24, 
2022, NOA do not need to be resubmitted. BOEM does not consider 
anonymous comments. Please include your name and address as part of 
your comment. BOEM makes all comments in their entirety, including your 
name and address, available for public review online and during regular 
business hours. You may request that BOEM withhold your name, address, 
or any other personal identifiable information (PII) included in your 
comment from the public record. However, BOEM cannot guarantee that it 
will be able to do so. If you wish your name, address, or other PII to 
be withheld, you must state your request prominently in a cover letter 
and explain the harm that you fear from its disclosure such as 
unwarranted privacy invasion, embarrassment, or injury. All submissions 
from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses will be

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made available for public inspection in their entirety.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq. (NEPA, as amended) and 40 CFR 
1506.6.

William Y. Brown,
Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2022-16647 Filed 8-4-22; 8:45 am]
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