The Bureau of Ocean Vitality Administration (BOEM) is about to provoke environmental evaluation of a proposed New Jersey offshore wind challenge tomorrow (Mar. 18): the roughly 81,129-acre lease space, OCS-A 0549, also referred to as Atlantic Shores North.
BOEM will publish a NOI to organize an EIS for the Development and Operations Plan (COP) submitted by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind.
At its closest level, the challenge is positioned 8.4 miles from the New Jersey coast and roughly 60 miles from New York, says BOEM.
The proposal presently consists of set up of as much as 157 wind turbine turbines, eight offshore substations, one everlasting meteorological tower and two short-term metocean buoys. The COP additionally proposes two potential export cable corridors that might make landfall at Sea Girt, N.J. and in both the New York Metropolis space or close to Asbury Park, N.J.
“BOEM is continuous to implement the Biden-Harris administration’s clear vitality agenda, whereas sustaining a cautious strategy to forestall, scale back and deal with any opposed results on ocean customers and the marine ecosystem,” says Elizabeth Klein, BOEM director. “As an integral a part of our environmental assessments, we’ll proceed to actively solicit suggestions from Tribes; federal, state and native authorities companions; the fishing neighborhood and the general public to assist information our actions.”
The publication of the NOI will open a 45-day public remark interval for the challenge’s EIS, ending on Might 2.
