The COP final decision/agency action milestone is dependent on the NEPA timeline and affected commensurately by delays; this 180-day shift is shown in the table below.
Milestones:
Additional Milestones:
The milestone documents completion of BOEM's review to determine whether the COP is sufficiently complete for the purposes of issuing an NOI in accordance with the NEPA regulations at 40 CFR 1501.9 and BOEM's regulations at 30 CFR part 585. BOEM reviews the COP for consistency with published guidance titled BOEM Guidance on Information Needed for Issuance of a Notice of Intent (NOI) Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for a Construction and Operations Plan ("NOI Checklist"). Upon completion of the review, BOEM marks this milestone complete and notifies the applicant if the COP lacks any of the required information.
Applicant submits an updated COP to comply with the NOI Checklist requirements.
BOEM conducts a review to evaluate whether the updated COP is consistent with the NOI Checklist. If the review results in a finding of consistency, BOEM marks this milestone complete, as well as the next milestone, ‘Applicant submits an Application Consistent with the NOI Checklist’.
However, if the review results in a determination the application isn’t consistent with the NOI Checklist, BOEM will mark this milestone complete and communicate the insufficiency to the Project Sponsor. And, at BOEM’s discretion and dependent on the extent of insufficiency, either:
- the Project Sponsor agrees to submission date(s) for any outstanding information needed to address the insufficiency by the next milestone. BOEM may elect to activate added milestone(s) to ensure the Project Sponsor is on track to correct the insufficiency by the next milestone,
or,
- BOEM will require the Project Sponsor submit another updated COP for a third round of review. The minimum baseline for a third round of review will be based on an assumption of 60 days for the Project Sponsor to submit the updated COP and 60 days for BOEM to review the updated COP, for a total of 120-days. BOEM would activate additional milestones for the third round of review and also extend the entire Permitting Timetable by 120 days.
MSIR submitted on 8/29/2025
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
03/29/2028
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 the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Description:
Vineyard Mid-Atlantic LLC (the “Project Sponsor”) proposes to develop, construct, and operate an offshore renewable wind energy facility in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Lease Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)-A 0544. OCS-A 0544 is located approximately 38 kilometers (24 miles) offshore from Fire Island, New York. The Project would include a total of 118 wind turbine generators and offshore export cables routed to landfall sites in Long Island, New York to connect to onshore transmission systems in Nassau County, Suffolk County, and/or Queens County, New York.
The Executive Director granted a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management request to extend completion dates for all actions on October 10, 2025. The Executive Director Determination is posted here.
Original Target Date: 08/30/2027
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 182
From: 08/30/2027
To: 02/28/2028