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SouthCoast Wind Project Final Environmental Impact Statement

Report

Title: SouthCoast Wind Project Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author:
BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs
Publication Date:
Document Number:
BOEM 2024-0066
Place Published:
Sterling, Virginia, USA
Affiliation
US Department of the Interior (DOI)
Technology:
Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
Receptor:
Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Language:
English

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BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs (2024). SouthCoast Wind Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (Report No. BOEM 2024-0066). Report by US Department of the Interior (DOI).
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AB - This Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) assesses the potential biological, socioeconomic, physical, and cultural impacts that could result from the construction and installation, operations and maintenance, and conceptual decommissioning of the SouthCoast Wind Project (Project) proposed by SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC (SouthCoast Wind), in its Construction and Operations Plan (COP). The proposed Project described in the COP and this Final EIS would have a capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts (MW) and would be sited offshore Massachusetts, within Commercial Lease OCS-A 0521 (Lease Area). The Project is designed to provide renewable wind energy to the northeast United States, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, and/or Rhode Island. This Final EIS was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 United States Code 4321 et seq.) and implementing regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500–1508). Upon completion of our technical and environmental reviews and other reviews required by federal law, BOEM will approve, disapprove, or approve the COP with conditions (30 CFR 585.628).The Final EIS includes the following components: Volume I: Chapters 1-4Notice of AvailabilityVolume II: Appendices A-OAppendix A: Required Environmental Permits and ConsultationsAppendix B: Supplemental Information and Additional Figures and TablesAppendix C: Project Design Envelope and Maximum-Case ScenarioAppendix D: Planned Activities ScenarioAppendix E: Analysis of Incomplete and Unavailable InformationAppendix F: USACE 404(b)(1) AnalysisAppendix G: Mitigation and MonitoringAppendix H: Seascape, Landscape, and Visual Impact AssessmentAppendix I: Finding of Adverse Effect for the SouthCoast Wind Construction and Operations PlanAppendix J: References CitedAppendix K: GlossaryAppendix L: List of Preparers and ReviewersAppendix M: Distribution ListAppendix N: Responses to Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact StatementAppendix O: Assessment of Resources with Moderate Impacts (or Lower) Impacts
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Abstract

This Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) assesses the potential biological, socioeconomic, physical, and cultural impacts that could result from the construction and installation, operations and maintenance, and conceptual decommissioning of the SouthCoast Wind Project (Project) proposed by SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC (SouthCoast Wind), in its Construction and Operations Plan (COP). The proposed Project described in the COP and this Final EIS would have a capacity of up to 2,400 megawatts (MW) and would be sited offshore Massachusetts, within Commercial Lease OCS-A 0521 (Lease Area). The Project is designed to provide renewable wind energy to the northeast United States, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, and/or Rhode Island. 

This Final EIS was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 United States Code 4321 et seq.) and implementing regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 1500–1508). Upon completion of our technical and environmental reviews and other reviews required by federal law, BOEM will approve, disapprove, or approve the COP with conditions (30 CFR 585.628).

The Final EIS includes the following components: 

This document is related to the SouthCoast Wind Project Site.