Abstract
This Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) assesses the reasonably foreseeable impacts on physical, biological, socioeconomic, and cultural resources that could result from the construction and installation, operations and maintenance (O&M), and conceptual decommissioning of two commercial-scale offshore wind energy facilities (Empire Wind 1 [EW 1] and Empire Wind 2 [EW 2]). Collectively, EW 1 and EW 2 are referred to as the Projects, as proposed by Empire Offshore Wind, LLC (Empire) in its Construction and Operations Plan (COP). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has prepared the Final EIS under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S. Code [USC] 4321–4370f). This Final EIS will inform BOEM’s decision on whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the Projects’ COP.
Volume 1: Chapters 1-3
Volume 2: Appendices A-G
- Appendix A: Required Environmental Permits and Consultations
- Appendix B: References Cited
- Appendix C: List of Preparers and Reviewers, & Glossary
- Appendix D: Analysis of Incompletes or Unavailable Information
- Appendix E: Project Design Envelope and Maximum-Case Scenario
- Appendix F: Planned Activities Scenario
- Appendix G: Assessment of Resources with Minor (or Lower) Impacts
Volume 3: Appendices H-M
- Appendix H: Mitigation and Monitoring
- Appendix I: Supplemental Information
- Appendix J: Noise Modeling Report
- Appendix K: List of Agencies, Organizations, and Persons to Whom Copies of the Statement are Sent
- Appendix L: Other Impacts
- Appendix M: Seascape, Landscape, and Visual Impact Assessment
Volume 4: Appendix N
- Appendix N: Finding of Adverse Effect for the Empire Wind Construction and Operations Plan
Volume 5: Appendices O & P
- Appendix O: Alternatives Analysis for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Joint Permit Applications (EW 1 and EW 2)
- Appendix P: Responses to Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Volume 6: Appendix Q
- Part A: Environmental Analysis of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Port Infrastructure Project
- Part B: SBMT EA Appendix A: USACE South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Port Infrastructure Upgrades Letter, March 21, 2022; SBMT EA Appendix B: Photographs of Historic Resources; SBMT EA Appendix C: Full Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
- Part C: SBMT EA Appendix D: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
- Part D: SBMT EA Appendix E: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Update; SBMT EA Appendix F: Supplemental Site Investigation Report; SBMT EA Appendix G: Groundwater Sampling Report to Support NYSDEC SPDES Permit for Construction Activity
- Part E: SBMT EA Appendix H: Final Soil Characterization Findings Report
- Part F: SBMT EA Appendix I: Phase II Limited Site Investigation Results Report
- Part G: SBMT EA Appendix J: SBMT Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
- Part H: SBMT EA Appendix K: Existing Conditions Report
- Part I: SBMT EA Appendix L: Asbestos and Lead Contained Materials Report; SBMT EA Appendix M: Construction Equipment Activity Inputs for Air and Noise Modeling; SBMT EA Appendix N: Letter with Responses to NYSDEC Technical Comments; SBMT EA Appendix O: New York State Environmental Quality Review Act Full Environmental Assessment Form, Part 1, Part 2, and Addendum; SBMT EA Appendix P: Supplemental Air Quality and Climate Change Analysis; SBMT EA Appendix Q: Data Supporting the Transportation Analyses for Operations and Construction; SBMT EA Appendix R: Atlantic Sturgeon Monitoring and Impact Avoidance Plan