Ocean Wind 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

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, and conceptual decommissioning of the Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm (Project) proposed by Ocean Wind LLC (Ocean Wind), in its Construction and Operations Plan (COP). The proposed Project described in the COP and this Final EIS would be approximately 1,100 megawatts in scale and sited 15 miles (13 nautical miles) southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, within the area of Renewable Energy Lease Number OCS-A 0498 (Lease Area). The Project would serve demand for renewable energy in New Jersey. This Final EIS was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 United States Code 4321–4370f) and implementing regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Department of the Interior. This Final EIS will inform the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s decision on whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the Project’s COP.

Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Final Environmental Impact Statement (includes FEIS in its entirety) 

Volume I 

Volumes II, III, and IV:  Appendices

• Appendix A:  Required Environmental Permits and Consultations
• Appendix B:  List of Preparers and Reviewers, References Cited, and Glossary
• Appendix C:  Additional Analysis for Alternatives Dismissed
• Appendix D:  Analysis of Incomplete 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) Adverse Impacts in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
• Appendix H:  Mitigation and Monitoring
• Appendix I:  Supplemental Information
• Appendix J:  Overview of Acoustic 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 (Note:  Images in this file were processed to be compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, resulting in lower resolution visual simulations.  High resolution visual simulations can be found directly below.)
  • Appendix M, Attachment M-2 (Cumulative Visual Simulations) in high resolution format
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area, Little Egg Harbor Township (Northwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area, Little Egg Harbor Township (Southwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Playground Pier, Atlantic City (Northwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Playground Pier, Atlantic City (Southwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Corson’s Inlet State Park, Ocean City (Northwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Corson’s Inlet State Park, Ocean City (Southwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Stone Harbor Beach Access, Stone Harbor (Northwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Stone Harbor Beach Access, Stone Harbor (Southwest Wind)
  • Appendix M, Attachment M-3 (Visual Simulations of Action Alternatives) in high resolution format
    • Alternatives Visual Simulations – Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area, Little Egg Harbor Township
    • Alternatives Visual Simulations – Playground Pier, Atlantic City
    • Alternatives Visual Simulations – Corson’s Inlet State Park, Ocean City
    • Alternatives Visual Simulations – Stone Harbor Beach Access, Stone Harbor
• Appendix N:  Finding of Adverse Effect for the Ocean Wind 1 Construction and Operations Plan
• Appendix O: Response to Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement