The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced three upcoming public meetings in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island to discuss Deepwater Wind’s proposed South Fork offshore wind project.
BOEM plans to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the construction and operations plan (COP) of Deepwater Wind’s South Fork Wind, proposed offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The plan would allow construction and operation of up to 15 turbines that connect via a transmission cable to a grid in East Hampton, N.Y., the east end of Long Island.
BOEM’s scoping process is intended to identify any important issues and potential alternatives for consideration in the Deepwater Wind COP EIS. Throughout the scoping process, there will be multiple opportunities to help BOEM determine impact-producing factors, reasonable alternatives and potential mitigating measures to be analyzed in the EIS. During the public comment period until Nov. 19, BOEM will hold three public scoping meetings to help inform the environmental review:
BOEM’s environmental review of Deepwater Wind’s COP and related public meetings were announced earlier this month. More information on the public comments and meetings can be found here.
