TY - RPRT
TI - Empire Offshore Wind: Empire Wind Project (EW 1 and EW 2) Construction and Operations Plan
AU - Tetra Tech Inc.
AB - Empire Offshore Wind LLC (Empire) proposes to construct and operate an offshore wind farm located in the designated Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0512 (Lease Area). The Lease Area covers approximately 79,350 acres (ac; 32,112 hectares [ha]) and is located approximately 14 statute miles (mi) (12 nautical miles [nm], 22 kilometers [km]) south of Long Island, New York and 19.5 mi (16.9 nm, 31.4 km) east of Long Branch, New Jersey. The Lease Area was awarded through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) competitive renewable energy lease auction of the Wind Energy Area (WEA) offshore of New York. Empire proposes to develop the Lease Area in two wind farms, known as Empire Wind 1 (EW 1) and Empire Wind 2 (EW 2) (collectively referred to hereafter as the Project). Both EW 1 and EW 2 are covered in this Construction and Operations Plan (COP). EW 1 and EW 2 will be electrically isolated and independent from each other. Each wind farm will connect via offshore substations to separate Points of Interconnection (POIs) at onshore locations by way of export cable routes and onshore substations. In this respect, the Project includes two onshore locations in New York where the renewable electricity generated will be transmitted to the electric grid.The purpose of the Project is to generate renewable electricity from offshore wind farms located in the Lease Area to address the need identified by New York for renewable energy and help the State of New York Public Service Commission achieve its renewable energy goals.Empire has adopted a Project Design Envelope (PDE) approach to describe Project facilities and activities. A PDE is defined as “a reasonable range of project designs” associated with various components of the project (e.g., foundation and wind turbine generator [or wind turbine] options). The design envelope is then used to assess the potential impacts on key environmental and human use resources (e.g., marine mammals, fish, benthic habitats, commercial fisheries, navigation, etc.) focusing on the design parameter (within the defined range) that represents the greatest potential impact (i.e., the “maximum design scenario”) for each unique resource. The primary goal of applying a design envelope is to allow for meaningful assessments by the jurisdictional agencies of the proposed project elements and activities while concurrently providing the Leaseholder reasonable flexibility to make prudent development and design decisions prior to construction.This COP covers the Lease Area and therefore addresses the proposed Project elements and the means and methods used for installing and operating the facilities as well as the potential positive and adverse effects of the Project.Volume 1: Project InformationVolume 2Volume 2a: Physical ResourcesVolume 2b: Biological ResourcesVolume 2c: Cultural ResourcesVolume 2d: Visual ResourcesVolume 2e: Social ResourcesVolume 2f: Summary of Avoidance, Minimization, and Mitigation MeasuresAppendices:Appendix A: Coastal Zone Management Consistency StatementsAppendix B: Summary of Agency EngagementAppendix C: Certified Verification AgentAppendix D: Preliminary Hierarchy of StandardsAppendix E: Conceptual Project Design DrawingsAppendix F: Oil Spill Response PlanAppendix G: Safety Management SystemAppendix H: Marine Site Investigation Report Appendix I: Metocean Design Basis Appendix J: Sediment Transport AnalysisAppendix K: Air Emissions Calculations and MethodologyAppendix L: In-Air Acoustic AssessmentAppendix M: Underwater Acoustic AssessmentAppendix N: Information for Planning and Conservation (IPaC) and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Natural Heritage Response LettersAppendix O: Economic Impacts of the Empire Wind Project (EW 1 and EW 2)Appendix P: Ornithological and Marine Fauna Aerial SurveyAppendix Q: Avian Impact Assessment for the Proposed Empire Offshore Wind: Empire Wind Project (EW 1 and EW 2) in the New York BightAppendix R: 2018 Bat Survey ReportAppendix S: Bat Impact Assessment for the Proposed Empire Offshore Wind: Empire Wind Project (EW 1 and EW 2) in the New York BightAppendix T: Benthic Resources Characterization ReportsAppendix U: Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) AssessmentAppendix V: Fisheries Mitigation PlanAppendix W: Environmental Mitigation PlanAppendix X: Marine Archaeological Resources AssessmentAppendix Y: Terrestrial Archaeological Resources AssessmentAppendix Z: Analysis of Visual Effects to Historic PropertiesAppendix AA: Visual Impact AssessmentAppendix BB: Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS) AnalysisAppendix CC: Obstruction Evaluation and Airspace AnalysisAppendix DD: Navigation Safety Risk AssessmentAppendix EE: Offshore Electric and Magnetic Field AssessmentAppendix FF: Onshore Electric and Magnetic Field Assessment
DA - 2022/06//
PY - 2022
SP - 200
PB - Tetra Tech Inc.
UR - https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/empire-wind-construction-and-operations-plan
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Environmental Impact Assessment
ER -