TY - RPRT
TI - Empire Offshore Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement
AU - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
AB - This Draft 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 Draft EIS under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S. Code [USC] 4321–4370f). This Draft EIS will inform BOEM’s decision on whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the Projects’ COP. Please find the two volumes and additional appendices of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) below:Volume I: Chapters 1-3Chapters 1: IntroductionChapter 2: AlternativesChapter 3: Affected Environment and Environmental ConsequencesVolume II: Appendices A-LAppendix A:  Required Environmental Permits and ConsultationsAppendix B:  References CitedAppendix C:  List of Preparers and Reviewers, and GlossaryAppendix D:  Analysis of Incomplete or Unavailable InformationAppendix E:  Project Design Envelope and Maximum-Case ScenarioAppendix F:  Planned Activities ScenarioAppendix G:  Assessment of Resources with Minor (or Lower) Adverse ImpactsAppendix H:  Mitigation and MonitoringAppendix I:  Supplemental InformationAppendix J:  Overview of Acoustic Modeling ReportAppendix K:  List of Agencies, Organizations, and Persons to Whom Copies of the Statement Are SentAppendix L:  Other ImpactsVolume III: Appendices M-NAppendix M: Seascape, Landscape, and Visual Impact AssessmentAppendix N: Finding of Adverse Effect for the Empire Wind Construction and Operations PlanVolume IV: Appendices O-PAppendix O: Alternatives Analysis for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Joint Permit ApplicationAppendix P: Environmental Analysis of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Port Infrastructure Improvement Project (SBMT EA)SBMT EA Appendix A:  South Brooklyn Marine Terminal Port Infrastructure Upgrades, SHPO Letter of No Adverse EffectSBMT EA Appendix B: Photographs of Historic ResourcesSBMT EA Appendix C: Full Benthic Macroinvertebrate DataSBMT EA Appendix D: Phase I Environmental Site AssessmentSBMT EA Appendix E: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment UpdateSBMT EA Appendix F: Supplemental Site Investigation ReportSBMT EA Appendix G: Groundwater Sampling Report to Support NYSDEC SPDES Permit for Construction ActivitySBMT EA Appendix H: Final Soil Characterization Findings ReportSBMT EA Appendix I: Phase II Limited Site Investigation Results ReportSBMT EA Appendix J: SBMT Phase II Environmental Site Assessment  SBMT EA Appendix K: Existing Conditions ReportSBMT EA Appendix L: Asbestos and Lead Contained Materials ReportSBMT EA Appendix M: Construction Equipment Activity Resource Inputs for Air and Noise ModelingSBMT EA Appendix N: Letter with Responses to NYSDEC Technical CommentsSBMT EA Appendix O: New York State Environmental Quality Review Act Full Environmental Assessment Form, Part 1, Part 2, and AddendumSBMT EA Appendix P: Supplemental Air Quality and Climate Change AnalysisSBMT EA Appendix Q: Data Supporting the Transportation Analyses for Operations and ConstructionSBMT EA Appendix R: Atlantic Sturgeon Monitoring and Impact Avoidance Plan
DA - 2022/11//
PY - 2022
SP - 510
PB - BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs
UR - https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/empire-offshore-wind-deis-commercial-wind-lease-ocs-0512
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Environmental Impact Assessment
ER -