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Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plan for Commercial Lease OCS

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Title: Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plan for Commercial Lease OCS
Author:
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC
Publication Date:
Document Number:
OCS-A 0499
Place Published:
New Jersey, USA
Affiliation
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC
Sponsoring Organization:
EDF Renewable Energy, Shell Renewables and Energy Solutions
Technology:
Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
Stressor:
Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement
Receptor:
Bats, Birds, Fish, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Visual Impacts
Language:
English

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Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC (2023). Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plan for Commercial Lease OCS (Report No. OCS-A 0499). Report by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC. Report for EDF Renewable Energy.
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TI - Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plan for Commercial Lease OCS
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AB - Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC (Atlantic Shores) is a 50/50 joint venture between EDF-RE Offshore Development, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF Renewables, Inc. [EDF Renewables]) and Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell). Atlantic Shores is submitting this Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the development of two offshore wind energy generation projects within the southern portion of Lease Area OCS-A 0499 (the Lease Area). The purpose of these projects is to develop offshore wind energy generation facilities within the Lease Area to provide clean, renewable energy to the Northeastern U.S. by the mid-to-late 2020s. The projects will help both the U.S. and New Jersey achieve their renewable energy goals, diversify the State’s electricity supply, increase electricity reliability, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The projects will also provide numerous environmental, health, community, and economic benefits, such as the creation of substantial new employment opportunities, including within disadvantaged communities. This COP has been developed in accordance with 30 CFR Part 585, applicable BOEM and other regulatory guidance, and the stipulations in Atlantic Shores’ Lease Agreement OCS-A 0499. This COP is organized into two volumes: Volume I provides detailed descriptions of the Projects’ offshore and onshore facilities and how Atlantic Shores plans to construct, operate, and decommission those facilities.Volume II provides a comprehensive assessment of the Projects’ potential effects to physical, biological, visual, cultural, and socioeconomic resources and describes the numerous measures that Atlantic Shores will employ to avoid, minimize, and mitigate those potential effects. Volume II also characterizes the Projects’ environmental setting. While this COP only describes the development of the southern portion of the Lease Area, as assigned to (or pending assignment to) Atlantic Shores Project 1 Company and Atlantic Shores Project 2 Company, Atlantic Shores maintains the right to develop the remainder of the Lease Area, which would be permitted under separate filings.Appendices (Volume I and Volume II):Appendix I-A: Preliminary Area of Potential Effects (PAPE) MemorandumAppendix I-B: Engagement with Agencies, Tribes, Municipalities, and Other StakeholdersAppendix I-C: Coastal Zone Management Consistency StatementAppendix I-D: Draft Oil Spill Response PlanAppendix I-E: Draft HSSE Safety Management SystemAppendix I-F: Certified Verification Agent NominationAppendix I-G: Submarine Export and Onshore Interconnection Cable Route Determination Summary for Lease Area OCS-A 0499 (Redacted)Appendix II-A: Geology, Hazard, and G&G ReportsAppendix II-B2: Metocean Design Basis (Redacted for Confidential Information)Appendix II-C: Air Emissions Calculation MethodologyAppendix II-D1: Wetland and Stream Delineation Report - CardiffAppendix II-D2: Wetland and Stream Delineation Report - LarrabeeAppendix II-E1: Habitat Suitability Assessment Report - CardiffAppendix II-E2: Habitat Suitability Assessment Report - LarrabeeAppendix II-F2: Avian AppendixAppendix I-F3: Red Knot Satellite Tagging Study MemorandumAppendix II-F4: Bat Monitoring ReportAppendix II-G1: 2019 Benthic Assessment Report - Buoy Installation Areas and Sites of InterestAppendix II-G2: 2020 Benthic Assessment ReportAppendix II-G3: 2021 Benthic Assessment Report Towed VideoAppendix II-G4: Sediment Profile and Plan View Imaging Survey of the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project AreasAppendix II-H: Benthic Monitoring PlanAppendix II-I: EMF ReportAppendix II-J: Preliminary Essential Fish Habitat AssessmentAppendix II-J3: Sediment Dispersion Modeling ReportAppendix II-K: Fisheries Monitoring PlanAppendix II-L1: Hydroacoustic Modeling ReportAppendix II-L2: Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Presence in Atlantic Shore Lease Area OCS-A 0499Appendix II-M1: Visual Impact Assessment - Wind Turbine Area (Updated May 2023)Appendix II-M2: Visual Resources Assessment - Onshore Facilities - CardiffAppendix II-M3: Visual Resources Assessment - Onshore Facilities - LarrabeeAppendix II-M4: Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS) Efficacy AnalysisAppendix II-N1: Onshore Historic Visual Effects Assessment Cardiff PreferredAppendix II-N3: Onshore Historic Visual Effects Assessment Larrabee PreferredAppendix II-N4: Onshore Historic Visual Effects Assessment Larrabee AlternativeAppendix II-O: Offshore Historic Resources Visual Effects AssessmentAppendix II-P2: Phase IA Archaeological Survey - Larrabee (Redacted for Confidential Information)Appendix II-R: Fisheries Communication PlanAppendix II-S: Navigation Safety Risk AssessmentAppendix II-T1: Obstruction Evaluation & Airspace Analysis (OE/AA)Appendix II-T2: Navigational and Radar Screening Study (RLOS)Appendix II-T3: Traffic Flow Analysis ReportAppendix II-T4: Search and Rescue Risk (SAR) Assessment Workshop Summary ReportAppendix II-U: Onshore Noise ReportAppendix II-V1: Definitions - Environmental Justice and Disadvantaged CommunitiesAppendix II-V2: Mapped Environmental Justice Areas and Disadvantaged CommunitiesAppendix II-W: Intensive-Level Architectural Survey Report
CY - New Jersey, USA
DA - 2023/05//
PY - 2023
PB - Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC
SN - OCS-A 0499
UR - https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/atlantic-shores-offshore-wind-construction-and-operations-plan
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Changes in Flow
KW - Collision
KW - Displacement
KW - Bats
KW - Birds
KW - Fish
KW - Physical Environment
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Environmental Impact Assessment
KW - Fisheries
KW - Visual Impacts
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Abstract

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC (Atlantic Shores) is a 50/50 joint venture between EDF-RE Offshore Development, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF Renewables, Inc. [EDF Renewables]) and Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell). Atlantic Shores is submitting this Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the development of two offshore wind energy generation projects within the southern portion of Lease Area OCS-A 0499 (the Lease Area).  

The purpose of these projects is to develop offshore wind energy generation facilities within the Lease Area to provide clean, renewable energy to the Northeastern U.S. by the mid-to-late 2020s. The projects will help both the U.S. and New Jersey achieve their renewable energy goals, diversify the State’s electricity supply, increase electricity reliability, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The projects will also provide numerous environmental, health, community, and economic benefits, such as the creation of substantial new employment opportunities, including within disadvantaged communities. 

This COP has been developed in accordance with 30 CFR Part 585, applicable BOEM and other regulatory guidance, and the stipulations in Atlantic Shores’ Lease Agreement OCS-A 0499. This COP is organized into two volumes:  

Volume I provides detailed descriptions of the Projects’ offshore and onshore facilities and how Atlantic Shores plans to construct, operate, and decommission those facilities.

Volume II provides a comprehensive assessment of the Projects’ potential effects to physical, biological, visual, cultural, and socioeconomic resources and describes the numerous measures that Atlantic Shores will employ to avoid, minimize, and mitigate those potential effects. Volume II also characterizes the Projects’ environmental setting. While this COP only describes the development of the southern portion of the Lease Area, as assigned to (or pending assignment to) Atlantic Shores Project 1 Company and Atlantic Shores Project 2 Company, Atlantic Shores maintains the right to develop the remainder of the Lease Area, which would be permitted under separate filings.

Appendices (Volume I and Volume II):

 

 

This document is related to the Atlantic Shores South Project Site.