Milestone Extension: NPS Permit

In addition to interagency delays in developing project alternatives in June 2022, the project sponsor presented new project information in February 2023, to BOEM, NOAA, and USACE. The change in design for feasible wind turbine generator (WTG) locations involved removing 22 WTGs for the project due to glauconite sands present within the Lease Area. This change required additional analysis by BOEM for a new constructible preferred alternative that needed to be added to FEIS.

Milestone Extension: Clean Water Act Section 402 Permit, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (EPA)

In addition to interagency delays in developing project alternatives in June 2022, the project sponsor presented new project information in February 2023, to BOEM, NOAA, and USACE. The change in design for feasible wind turbine generator (WTG) locations involved removing 22 WTGs for the project due to glauconite sands present within the Lease Area. This change required additional analysis by BOEM for a new constructible preferred alternative that needed to be added to FEIS.

Milestone Extension: Section 408 Permit

Issuance of Decision milestone change:

BOEM presented a 3rd revised schedule to the cooperating agencies on 4/20/23, which included  delays to the DEIS and ROD due to feasibility issues with turbine generator foundations and subsequent updates to consultation and ROD milestones.   

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

The date has been changed as per BOEM's revised schedule. The date change was coordinated the lead agency, BOEM.

Milestone Extension: Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Incidental Take Authorization (DOC – NOAA/NMFS)

On Feb 8, 2023, NOAA filed the proposed rule for the Sunrise Wind Offshore Wind Project in the Federal Register for public comment. The Dashboard has been updated to mark this milestone "complete".

Milestone Extension: Section 106 Review

In addition to interagency delays in developing project alternatives in June 2022, the project sponsor presented new project information in February 2023, to BOEM, NOAA, and USACE. The change in design for feasible wind turbine generator (WTG) locations involved removing 22 WTGs for the project due to glauconite sands present within the Lease Area. This change required additional analysis by BOEM for a new constructible preferred alternative that needed to be added to FEIS.

Milestone Extension: Construction and Operations Plan

In addition to interagency delays in developing project alternatives in June 2022, the project sponsor presented new project information in February 2023, to BOEM, NOAA, and USACE. The change in design for feasible wind turbine generator (WTG) locations involved removing 22 WTGs for the project due to glauconite sands present within the Lease Area. This change required additional analysis by BOEM for a new constructible preferred alternative that needed to be added to FEIS.

Milestone Extension: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

In addition to interagency delays in developing project alternatives in June 2022, the project sponsor presented new project information in February 2023, to BOEM, NOAA, and USACE. The change in design for feasible wind turbine generator (WTG) locations involved removing 22 WTGs for the project due to glauconite sands present within the Lease Area. 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.

Milestone Extension: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Permit

Applicant delays caused delay in EPA’s application completeness determination, which shifted final decision milestone date forward according to the one-year statutory deadline under CAA § 165.

Milestone Extension: Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Incidental Take Authorization (DOC – NOAA/NMFS)

The date for publication of the final ITA regulations was revised due to the revised EIS schedule.  The final ITA regulations cannot be published until the ROD is published, so had to be revised to be after the new ROD publication date.  In addition the final MMPA milestone was revised due to the required 30-day period after the final ITA regulations are published.