The result of delay of ASOW N submittal of the MMPA ITA application is shifting the remaining NEPA milestone dates. The COP Final decision milestone is dependent on the NEPA timeline.
Milestones:
Additional Milestones:
BOEM conducts a review and evaluates whether the application is consistent with the NOI Checklist requirements. If the review results in a finding of consistency, BOEM marks this milestone complete. If supplemental filings have been agreed to between BOEM and the Applicant, BOEM will activate an added milestone for COP Supplemental Filings.
This milestone marks the conclusion of a COP supplemental filing schedule that BOEM and the Applicant have agreed to in accordance with the NOI checklist. The supplemental filing schedule includes the applicant submission - or submissions, as applicable - and the BOEM review(s), and BOEM determination(s) of consistency with the NOI Checklist requirements.
PROJECT WEBSITE: Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
02/11/2027
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED
SECTOR
Renewable Energy Production
CATEGORY
Project Category
FAST-41 Covered Projects
LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:
Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Defense, US Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works
Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Environmental Protection Agency
Description:
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC (“Atlantic Shores”) proposes to construct, operate, and maintain the Atlantic Shore North Project (the “Project”; “Atlantic Shores North”), an offshore renewable wind energy facility in Lease Area OCS-A 0549, which is approximately 7.8 statute miles (mi) (12.6 kilometers [km]) from the New Jersey (NJ) shoreline and approximately 60 miles (96.6 km) from the New York State (NY) Coast.
The Lease Area layout is designed to maximize offshore renewable wind energy production while minimizing effects on existing marine uses. The structures will be aligned in a uniform grid with multiple lines of orientation allowing straight transit through the Lease Area. Within the Lease Area, the WTGs and OSSs will be connected by inter-array cables and/or inter-link cables. Energy from the OSSs will be delivered to shore by buried export cables that will be located within designated Export Cable Corridors (ECCs) from the Lease Area through Federal as well as New Jersey and/or New York State waters to landfall sites on the New Jersey and/or New York coastlines.
Atlantic Shores will use horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology to install the export cables from the end of the ECCs to the landfall sites to minimize impacts to the intertidal and nearshore habitats and ensure stable burial of the cables. From each landfall site, the onshore interconnection cables will travel underground primarily along existing roadways and utility rights-of-way (ROWs) to new or existing onshore substation and/or converter station sites.
Original Target Date: 08/18/2026
Milestone: Final decision/agency action (Agency Action)
Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:
Final decision/agency action (Agency Action) extended by 147
From: 08/18/2026
To: 01/12/2027