[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14236]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

[Permit No. NAN-2022-00776]


Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on the Authorization for 
the Sunrise Wind Energy Project Offshore New York

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 Sunrise Wind 
project offshore of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. USACE 
has issued a permit authorizing the construction and maintenance of the 
Sunrise Wind project under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 
1899 (RHA), section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), and section 14 of 
the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The Sunrise 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 Sunrise 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: Mr. Christopher Minck, Regulatory 
Project Manager, Regulatory Branch, USACE, New York District, 26 
Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278, (917) 790-8511 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that USACE has taken 
final agency action on its authorization for the proposed Sunrise Wind 
project by issuing a permit authorizing construction and maintenance of 
the project under section 10 of the RHA, section 404 of the CWA, and 
section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The majority of the 
authorized work will occur in the Atlantic Ocean within Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management (BOEM) Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-0487, which is 
approximately 18.9 miles south of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, 
approximately 30.5 miles east of Montauk, New York, and approximately 
16.7 miles from Block Island, Rhode Island.
    The work authorized under the USACE permit includes the following: 
(1) installation of up to eighty-four (84) wind turbine generators 
(WTGs) and one (1) offshore converter substation (OCS-DC) with 
associated scour protection, (2) installation of approximately 180 
nautical miles of inter-array cables connecting the WTGs and the OCS-DC 
with associated secondary cable protection, (3) installation of up to 2 
export transmission cables with associated secondary cable protection 
within an approximately 104.6 mile long offshore export cable corridor 
extending from the lease area to the cable landfall location at the 
Smith Point County Park on Fire Island in Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk 
County, New York, (4) an approximately 17.5 mile onshore export cable 
route from Smith Point County Park to the Holbrook Substation in the 
Town of Brookhaven, NY including two submarine cable crossings, and (5) 
construction of a temporary fixed pier on the Intracoastal Waterway.
    The USACE's decision to issue a permit for the Sunrise Wind 
project, and the laws under which the action was taken, are described 
in the Sunrise Wind Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 
published by BOEM on December 15, 2023, in the BOEM Record of Decision 
(ROD) issued on March 26, 2024, and in other project records including 
USACE's ROD dated May 20, 2024. The BOEM FEIS, ROD, and other documents 
can be viewed and downloaded from the BOEM project website at https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/sunrise-wind. The USACE 
permit and ROD can be viewed and downloaded from the USACE website at 
https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Commonly-Requested-Issued-Permits-and-Nationwide-Permit-Verifications/. 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, USA, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 2024-14236 Filed 6-27-24; 8:45 am]
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