Federal Register - February 5, 2021
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Notices submitted a subsequent application due to changes to the project scope. NMFS
deemed the application adequate and complete on December 16, 2020. South Fork Winds request is for take of 16
species of marine mammals by harassment. Neither South Fork Wind nor NMFS expects serious injury or mortality to result from this activity and, therefore, an IHA is appropriate.
with installation of WTG and OSS
foundations, vibratory pile driving associated with the installation and removal of a temporary cofferdam nearshore, and high-resolution geophysical HRG surveys of the interarray cable and export cable construction area.
Description of Proposed Activity
Construction of the project is planned to commence between April 2022 and May 2022; however, as with many construction projects, permitting and construction delays may occur and the activity may take place at any point during the period of effectiveness for the IHA, subject to the following timing constraints. Up to 30 days of impact pile driving to install the WTGs and OSS
may occur between May 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022; no impact pile driving activities would occur from January 1, 2023 through April 30, 2023.
A cofferdam may potentially be installed for the sea-to-shore cable connection and, if required, would be installed between October 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023. Installation and
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Overview South Fork Wind proposes to construct a 90180 megawatt MW
offshore wind energy project in Lease Area OCSA 0517, southeast of Rhode Island. The project would consist of installation of up 16 monopiles to support 15 offshore wind turbine generators WTGs and one offshore substation OSS Figure 1. The project also includes offshore and onshore cabling, and onshore operations and maintenance facilities. Take of marine mammals may occur incidental to the construction of the project due to inwater noise exposure resulting from impact pile driving activities associated
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extraction of the cofferdam are each expected to take 1 to 3 days of vibratory pile driving. Up to 60 days of HRG
surveys would be conducted throughout the 12-month construction timeframe.
Specific Geographic Region South Fork Winds proposed activity would occur in the 55.4 square kilometer km2 13,700 acre South Fork Wind Lease Area OCSA 0517
SFWF; Figure 1 here, and see Figure 1
in the IHA application for more detail, within the Rhode Island-Massachusetts WEA. At its nearest point, the SFWF
would be just over 30 kilometers km 19 miles mi southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island, and 56 km 35 mi east of Montauk Point, New York. Water depths in the SFWF range from approximately 3341 meters m 108
134 feet ft. The South Fork export cable route SFEC would connect SFWF to one of two landing locations on Long Island, New York, where a temporary cofferdam may be constructed where the SFEC exits the seabed.
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