[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15982-15983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04780]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

[Permit No. NAE-2020-00707]


Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for 
the Revolution Wind Farm and Revolution Wind Export Cable Project 
Offshore Rhode Island

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions 
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

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SUMMARY: USACE announces final agency action on the USACE authorization 
for the proposed construction and maintenance of the Revolution Wind 
Farm and Revolution Wind Offshore Export Cable Project (the Revolution 
Wind Project) offshore Rhode Island. USACE has issued a permit 
authorizing the construction and maintenance of the Revolution Wind 
Project under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA) 
and section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Revolution Wind 
Project is a ``covered project'' under title 41 of the Fixing America's 
Surface Transportation Act.

DATES: A claim seeking judicial review of the USACE authorization of 
construction and maintenance of the Revolution Wind Project will be 
barred unless the claim is filed not later than two years after this 
notice's publication date. If the Federal law that allows for judicial 
review of the USACE authorization specifies a shorter time period for 
filing such a claim, then that shorter time period will apply.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ruth Brien, Regulatory Project 
Manager, Regulatory Division, USACE, New England District, 696 Virginia 
Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742, (978) 318-8054 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that USACE has taken 
final agency action on its authorization for the proposed Revolution 
Wind Project by issuing a permit authorizing construction and 
maintenance of the Project under section 10 of the RHA and section 404 
of the CWA. The majority of the authorized work will occur in the 
Atlantic Ocean within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 
Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A-0486, which is approximately 15 
nautical miles (nm) southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, 
approximately 13 nm east of Block Island, Rhode Island, and 
approximately 7.5 nm south of Nomans Land Island National Wildlife 
Refuge.
    The work authorized under the USACE permit includes the following: 
(1) the installation of up to 65 wind turbine generators (WTGs) and up 
to 2 offshore substations (OSSs) with associated scour protection, (2) 
the installation of 155 miles of inter-array cables connecting the WTGs 
and 9 miles of inter-link cables connecting the OSSs with associated 
secondary cable protection as needed, and (3) installation of up to 2 
export transmission cables with associated secondary cable protection 
within a 42-

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mile-long offshore export cable corridor extending from the lease area 
north into Rhode Island Sound and Narragansett Bay, making landfall 
near Quonset Point in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
    The USACE's decision to issue a permit, and the laws under which 
the action was taken, are described in the Revolution Wind Export Cable 
Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) published on July 
21, 2023, in the joint Record of Decision (ROD) issued on August 21, 
2023, and in other project records. The FEIS, ROD, and other documents 
can be viewed and downloaded from the BOEM project website at https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/revolution-wind. The 
USACE permit can be viewed and downloaded from the USACE website at 
https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits-Issued/Orsted-Revolution-Wind-LLC-Oct-2023/. By this notice, USACE is advising 
the public of final agency action subject to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-
6(a)(1)(A).
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4370m-6(a)(1)(A).

John P. Lloyd,
Brigadier General, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 2024-04780 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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