Updated milestones based on BOEM's revised EIS schedule, which extended 777 days from original dates at the project sponsor's request. All milestones have been adjusted accordingly.
Milestones:
This target milestone date is dependent on receipt of a consultation request from BOEM, consisting of a Biological Assessment, concurrent with the cooperating agency review of the Draft EIS.
This milestone target date is dependent upon NOAA Fisheries receiving sufficient information (including a complete Biological Assessment) from BOEM to deem the consultation request package complete and initiate the ESA consultation.
The final completion date is continent upon NOAA Fisheries receiving sufficient information from BOEM that NOAA Fisheries determines adequate to initiate the ESA consultation.
The final completion date is continent upon NOAA Fisheries receiving sufficient information from BOEM that NOAA Fisheries determines adequate to initiate the ESA consultation.
PROJECT WEBSITE: http://www.KittyHawkOffshore.com
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
04/14/2028
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 Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory
Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works
Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Environmental Protection Agency
Description:
Update: In June 2022, the project name changed from Kitty Hawk Wind Project to Kitty Hawk South Wind Project to reflect the segmenting of the project.
Kitty Hawk Wind, LLC proposes to construct, own, and operate the Kitty Hawk South Offshore Wind Project. The Project will be located in the designated Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0508 (Lease Area). The Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf of Lease Area OCS-A 0508 was awarded through the BOEM competitive renewable energy lease auction of the Wind Energy Area offshore of North Carolina. The Lease Area covers 49,536 hectares (ha) and is located 44 kilometers (km) offshore of Corolla, North Carolina.
At this time, the Company is proposing to develop the Kitty Hawk South Offshore Wind Project in the eastern portion of the Lease Area (33,768 ha; referred to as the Wind Development Area), located approximately 61 km east of Corolla, North Carolina and approximately 54 km northeast of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. The offshore components of the Project, including the WTGs, offshore substations, and inter-array cables, will be located in federal waters within the Lease Area. The offshore export cable corridor will traverse both federal waters and state territorial waters of Virginia and/or North Carolina. Onshore Project components, including the export cable landfall location(s), onshore export and interconnection cables, and onshore electrical facilities, will be located in one or more of the following:
• City of Virginia Beach, Virginia;
• Dare County, North Carolina;
• Carteret County, North Carolina; and
• Craven County, North Carolina.
A COP for the Project, which includes detailed assessments of environmental, cultural, and historic resources, was submitted to BOEM on April 14, 2022.
Additional Project information is located at www.KittyHawkOffshore.com.
The final completion date is continent upon NOAA Fisheries receiving sufficient information from BOEM that NOAA Fisheries determines adequate to initiate the ESA consultation.
The final completion date is continent upon NOAA Fisheries receiving sufficient information from BOEM that NOAA Fisheries determines adequate to initiate the ESA consultation.
Original Target Date: 07/29/2025
Milestone: ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action)
Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:
ESA Consultation Concludes (Agency Action) extended by 777
From: 07/29/2025
To: 09/14/2027