Abstract
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, and conceptual decommissioning of the Sunrise Wind Farm (Project) proposed by Sunrise Wind, LLC (Sunrise Wind), in its Construction and Operations Plan (COP). The proposed Project described in the COP and this Draft EIS would be up to approximately 1,034 megawatts in scale and sited 18.5 statute miles (mi) (16.1 nautical miles [nm], 29.8 kilometers [km]) south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and approximately 30 mi (26.1 nm, 48.2 km) east of Montauk, New York (NY), within the area of Renewable Energy Lease Number OCS-A 0487 (Lease Area). The Project would serve demand for renewable energy in New York. This Draft 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 Draft EIS will inform the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s decision on whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the Project’s COP. Publication of the Draft EIS initiates a 60-day public comment period, after which all the comments received will be assessed and considered by BOEM in preparation of a Final EIS.
Additional copies of this draft environmental impact statement may be obtained by writing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Attn: Paige Foley (address above); by telephone at (703)-787-1584; or by downloading from the BOEM website at Sunrise Wind Activities | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (boem.gov).
Volume II: Appendices A-P
- Appendix A: Required Environmental Permits and Consultations
- Appendix B: Supplemental Information and Additional Figures and Tables
- Appendix C: Project Design Envelope and Maximum-Case Scenario
- Appendix D: Geographical Analysis Areas
- Appendix E: Project Design Envelope and Maximum-Case Scenario
- Appendix F: Analysis of Incomplete and Unavailable Information
- Appendix G: Impact-Producing Factor Tables
- Appendix H: Mitigation and Monitoring
- Appendix I: Seascape, Landscape, and Visual Impact Assessment (SLVIA)
- Attachment I-1 Scenic Resources Overview Map
- Attachment I-2 Identified Existing Scenic and Visually Sensitive Resources within the Visual Study Area
- Attachment I-3A Key Observation Points Visual Simulations of Proposed Action - Project Design Envelope (PDE)
- Attachment I-3B Key Observation Points Visual Simulations of Proposed Action - Project Design Envelope (PDE) Horizontal Occupation Assessment
- Attachment I-3C Key Observation Points Visual Simulations of Proposed Action - Project Design Envelope (PDE) Panorama Visual Simulations
- Attachment I-4 Key Observation Points Information and Assessments
- Attachment I-5A Selected Key Observation Points Cumulative Assessment Visual Simulations
- Attachment I-5B Selected Key Observation Points Cumulative Assessment Visual Simulations
- Attachment I-5C Selected Key Observation Points Cumulative Assessment Visual Simulations
- Attachment I-5D Selected Key Observation Points Cumulative Assessment Visual Simulations
- Appendix J: Finding of Adverse Effect for Historic Properties and Draft Memorandum of Agreement
- Appendix K: References Cited
- Appendix L: Glossary
- Appendix M: List of Preparers and Reviewers
- Appendix N: Distribution List
- Appendix O: Public Comments and Responses on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (not included in this submittal)
- Appendix P: USACE 404(b)(1) Analysis