milestone is complete.

Milestone is complete

BOEM will publish the notice of availability for the FEIS on July 21.

BOEM undertook a comprehensive review of the permitting timetable for this project with the cooperating agencies and project sponsor. The review encompassed all NEPA and associated agency actions and milestone dates for the project, including this action. The review culminated in a request from BOEM on May 22, 2023 for an Executive Director Determination to update interim and final completion dates for multiple actions, including this action. On May 31, 2023, the Executive Director made a determination to adjust the permitting timetable as requested, with the exception of this action. Because the Executive Director did not have enough time to make a decision more than 30 days in advance of the completion date of this action, as required under the FAST-Act (42 U.S.C. § 4370m-2(c)(2)(D)(ii)), this action was not modified through the ED Determination and instead followed the non-conformance protocol. The alternative completion date for this action, as set forth in the BOEM request to the Executive Director, was published on the dashboard.

The project sponsor presented new project information last fall on October 13, 2022, to BOEM, NOAA, and USACE. The change in design for feasible wind turbine generator (WTG) locations involved removing 21 WTGs for the project. This change required additional analysis by BOEM for a new constructible preferred alternative that needed to be added to FEIS. The project design changed the impacts analysis for consultations.