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Milestone Extension: Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 Clean Water Act

Submitted by cori.carraway@… on

BOEM conducted a comprehensive status of the development of the EIS and found that publication of the Draft EIS on September 19, 2025, is no longer feasible. BOEM estimated that publication of the Draft EIS would be delayed by approximately 10 months (308 day shift) to July 24, 2026. Therefore, subsequently adjusted the remaining milestones for actions accordingly.

Action
Project Name:
Vineyard Northeast
Responsible Agency:
US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory
Agency Status: Cooperating under FAST-41
Cooperating under NEPA
Status:
Planned
POC Name:
Naomi Handell, Regulatory Program Manager
POC Title:
Sec 10/404 FAST-41 Dashboard Administrator
POC Email:
naomi.j.handell@usace.army.mil

Description:

Department of Army authorization from the US Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District is required pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.  Activities that require authorization include: Offshore, the installation/construction of up to 205 wind turbine generators (WTGs) and three Offshore Substations. The trenching and placement of the Inter-Array Cables, and Export Cables to the proposed landing locations. Temporary ports and laydown areas will also be required. The onshore components of the project will consist of the construction of up to two Cable Landing Locations, Horizontal Directional Drilling of the Cable Landing Location(s) to a Collector Station at Naval Air Station Oceana, Interconnection Cables above or below ground from the Collector Station to the existing Onshore Fentress Substation. An aquatic resource delineation and jurisdictional determination will be performed to determine the impacts to Waters of the US.

Milestones:

Pre-construction Notification (PCN)/Form ENG 4345/Joint Application Form Received (Applicant Action)
Current Target Date:
Complete Pre-Construction Notification (PCN)/Application Received (Applicant Action)
Current Target Date:
Publication of Public Notice (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:


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Milestone
Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Project

PROJECT WEBSITE: Vineyard Offshore

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

In Progress

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS

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ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
09/13/2027

0 out of 10

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED

Renewable Energy Production

SECTOR
Renewable Energy Production

Project Category

CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Covered Projects

Department of the Interior

LEAD AGENCY
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

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Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:

Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Department of the Army

Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory

Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Description:

Vineyard Northeast proposes to construct and operate the Project located in Lease Area OCS-A 0522, which covers approximately 132,370 acres (ac) and is located approximately 31 miles from Nantucket, Massachusetts and 39 miles from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Offshore components of the Project will consist of up to 160 wind turbine generators (WTG) and electrical service platform (ESP) positions within the Lease Area with one nautical mile spacing between positions. The WTGs and ESPs will be supported by monopiles or piled jacket foundations.

Between the Lease Area and shore, the offshore export cables will be installed within two offshore export cable corridors (OECC), the Massachusetts OECC and the Connecticut OECC.

    • The Massachusetts OECC will travel from the northernmost tip of the Lease Area to the Horseneck Beach Landfall site in Westport, Massachusetts.
    • The Connecticut OECC will travel from the southernmost tip of the Lease Area to three potential landfall sites: Eastern Point Beach, Ocean Beach, and Niantic Beach; all near New London, Connecticut.

Onshore components of the Project will include export cable landfall areas, high-voltage direct current onshore cables, high-voltage alternating current interconnection cables, converter and booster stations, and onshore substation facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut. 

The Executive Director granted a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management request to extend completion dates for all actions on April 18, 2025.  The Executive Director Determination is posted here.

field_status
Approved
System Comments
Furthest out
Original Target Date: 06/22/2026
Milestone: Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered (Agency Action)

Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:

Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered (Agency Action) extended by 448
From: 11/09/2026
To: 09/13/2027
Approver Comments
Executive Director approval (verbal) received 8/19/2025 - memo forthcoming
Missed Date Process
No
Missed Date Triggered by Extension
No
Original Milestone
Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered (Agency Action)
Current Target Date:
Furthest Original Target Date Milestone
Final Verification/Permit Decision Rendered (Agency Action)
Current Target Date: