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

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) Memorandum
• Appendix I-B: Engagement with Agencies, Tribes, Municipalities, and Other Stakeholders
• Appendix I-C: Coastal Zone Management Consistency Statement
• Appendix I-D: Draft Oil Spill Response Plan
• Appendix I-E: Draft HSSE Safety Management System
• Appendix I-F: Certified Verification Agent Nomination
• Appendix 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 Reports
• Appendix II-B2: Metocean Design Basis (Redacted for Confidential Information)
• Appendix II-C: Air Emissions Calculation Methodology
• Appendix II-D1: Wetland and Stream Delineation Report - Cardiff
• Appendix II-D2: Wetland and Stream Delineation Report - Larrabee
• Appendix II-E1: Habitat Suitability Assessment Report - Cardiff
• Appendix II-E2: Habitat Suitability Assessment Report - Larrabee
• Appendix II-F2: Avian Appendix
• Appendix I-F3: Red Knot Satellite Tagging Study Memorandum
• Appendix II-F4: Bat Monitoring Report
• Appendix II-G1: 2019 Benthic Assessment Report - Buoy Installation Areas and Sites of Interest
• Appendix II-G2: 2020 Benthic Assessment Report
• Appendix II-G3: 2021 Benthic Assessment Report Towed Video
• Appendix II-G4: Sediment Profile and Plan View Imaging Survey of the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project Areas
• Appendix II-H: Benthic Monitoring Plan
• Appendix II-I: EMF Report
• Appendix II-J: Preliminary Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
• Appendix II-J3: Sediment Dispersion Modeling Report
• Appendix II-K: Fisheries Monitoring Plan
• Appendix II-L1: Hydroacoustic Modeling Report
• Appendix II-L2: Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Presence in Atlantic Shore Lease Area OCS-A 0499
• Appendix II-M1: Visual Impact Assessment - Wind Turbine Area (Updated May 2023)
• Appendix II-M2: Visual Resources Assessment - Onshore Facilities - Cardiff
• Appendix II-M3: Visual Resources Assessment - Onshore Facilities - Larrabee
• Appendix II-M4: Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS) Efficacy Analysis
• Appendix II-N1: Onshore Historic Visual Effects Assessment Cardiff Preferred
• Appendix II-N3: Onshore Historic Visual Effects Assessment Larrabee Preferred
• Appendix II-N4: Onshore Historic Visual Effects Assessment Larrabee Alternative
• Appendix II-O: Offshore Historic Resources Visual Effects Assessment
• Appendix II-P2: Phase IA Archaeological Survey - Larrabee (Redacted for Confidential Information)
• Appendix II-R: Fisheries Communication Plan
• Appendix II-S: Navigation Safety Risk Assessment
• Appendix II-T1: Obstruction Evaluation & Airspace Analysis (OE/AA)
• Appendix II-T2: Navigational and Radar Screening Study (RLOS)
• Appendix II-T3: Traffic Flow Analysis Report
• Appendix II-T4: Search and Rescue Risk (SAR) Assessment Workshop Summary Report
• Appendix II-U: Onshore Noise Report
• Appendix II-V1: Definitions - Environmental Justice and Disadvantaged Communities
• Appendix II-V2: Mapped Environmental Justice Areas and Disadvantaged Communities
• Appendix II-W: Intensive-Level Architectural Survey Report