Sunrise Wind Construction and Operations Plan

Sunrise Wind LLC (Sunrise Wind) is submitting this Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to support the siting and development of the Sunrise Wind Farm (SRWF) and the Sunrise Wind Export Cable (SRWEC) (collectively, the Sunrise Wind Farm Project or Project). Sunrise Wind is a 50/50 joint venture between Orsted North America Inc. (Orsted NA) and Eversource Investment LLC (Eversource).

The wind farm portion of the Project (referred to as the Sunrise Wind Farm [SRWF]) will be located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the designated Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0487 (Lease Area).1 The Lease Area is approximately 18.9 statute miles (mi) (16.4 nautical miles [nm], 30.4 kilometers [km]) south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, approximately 30.5 mi (26.5 nm, 48.1 km) east of Montauk, New York, and 16.7 mi (14.5 nm, 26.8 km) from Block Island, Rhode Island (Figure ES-1 and Figure ES-2). The Lease Area contains portions of areas that were originally awarded through the BOEM competitive renewable energy lease auctions of the Wind Energy Areas (WEA) off the shores of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Other components of the Project will be located on the OCS, in state waters of New York, and onshore in the Town of Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. The proposed interconnection location for the Project is the Holbrook Substation.

The Project is defined in this COP using a Project Design Envelope (PDE) approach. The PDE defines “a reasonable range of project designs” associated with various components of a project (e.g., foundation and wind turbine generator [WTG] options) (BOEM 2018). The PDE is used to assess the potential maximum impacts on key environmental and human use resources (e.g., marine mammals, fish, benthic habitats, commercial fisheries, and navigation), 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 PDE for the Project is based on a generating capacity ranging between 924 megawatts (MW) and 1,034 MW with power transmitted to shore on direct current (DC) submarine cables.

Appendices:

• Appendix A: Agency Correspondence
• Appendix B: Fisheries Communication Plan
• Appendix C: Coastal Zone Management Consistency Certifications
• Appendix D: Certified Verification Agent
• Appendix E1: Emergency Response Plan/Oil Spill Response Plan
• Appendix E2: Safety Management System
• Appendix F: Conceptual Project Engineering Design Drawings/Additional Project Information
• Appendix G1: Marine Site Investigation Report
• Appendix G2: Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Risk Assessment with Risk Mitigation Strategy
• Appendix G3: Foundation Feasibility Assessment
• Appendix G4: Cable Burial Feasibility Assessment
• Appendix H: Sediment Transport Modeling Report
• Appendix I1: Underwater Acoustic Assessment
• Appendix I2: Onshore Acoustic Assessment
• Appendix I3: Offshore In-Air Acoustic Assessment
• Appendix I4: Underwater Acoustic Modeling of Detonations of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
• Appendix J1: Offshore EMF Assessment
• Appendix J2: Onshore EMF Assessment
• Appendix K: Air Quality Emissions Calculations and Methodology
• Appendix L: Onshore Ecological Assessment and Field Survey Report
• Appendix M1: Benthic Resources Characterization Report – Federal Waters
  • Appendix M1: Benthic Resources Characterization Report - Federal Waters Supporting Attachments
• Appendix M2: Benthic Resources Characterization Report – New York State Waters
• Appendix M3: Benthic Habitat Mapping Report
• Appendix N1: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
• Appendix N2: Ichthyoplankton Entrainment Assessment
• Appendix O1: Marine Mammal, Sea Turtle, and ESA-Listed Fish Assessment
• Appendix O2: Marine Mammal Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan
• Appendix O3: Sea Turtle and ESA-listed Fish Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan
• Appendix P1: Avian and Bat Risk Assessment
• Appendix P2: Post-construction Avian and Bat Monitoring Framework
• Appendix Q1: Offshore Visual Impacts Assessment 
  • Appendix Q1C1 Offshore Visual Impacts Assessment Visual Simulations
  • Appendix Q1C2 Offshore Visual Impacts Assessment Panorama Visual Simulations
• Appendix Q2: Onshore Visual Resources Assessment
• Appendix R: Marine Archaeological Resources Assessment
• Appendix S1: Terrestrial Archaeological Resources Assessment
• Appendix S2: Terrestrial Archaeological Resources Phase 1B Assessment
• Appendix T: Historic Resources Visual Effects Assessment 
• Appendix U: Onshore Above-ground Historic Properties Report
• Appendix V: Commercial and Recreational Fisheries Data Report
• Appendix W: Economic Modeling Report
• Appendix X: Navigation Safety Risk Assessment
• Appendix Y1: Obstruction Evaluation and Airspace Analysis/Radar and Navigational Aid Screening Study
• Appendix Y2: Air Traffic Flow Analysis/ADLS Analysis
• Appendix Z: Cultural Resources Mitigation Plan
• Appendix AA1: Fisheries and Benthic Monitoring Plan
• Appendix AA2: New York State Benthic Monitoring Plan
• Appendix BB: Intake Zone of Influence and Thermal Discharge Modeling Report