Ocean Wind 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Commercial Wind Lease OCS-A 0498

On July 22, 2022 BOEM issued a technical correction for the Ocean Wind 1 DEIS. Detailed information pertaining to the technical correction can be found below.

•   Ocean Wind 1 DEIS Technical Correction/Note to Readers

On June 24, 2022 BOEM published the Notice of Availability of the Ocean Wind 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).  The DEIS can be accessed using the links below.

Volume I and II: Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Draft Environmental Impact Statement (includes the DEIS in its entirety as one file)

Volume I (as an individual file)

Volume II:  Appendices (a zip file containing all appendices as separate files)

• Appendix A:  Required Environmental Permits and Consultations
• Appendix B:  List of Preparers and Reviewers, References Cited, and Glossary
• Appendix C:  Additional Analysis for Alternatives Dismissed
• Appendix D:  Analysis of Incomplete or Unavailable Information
• Appendix E:  Project Design Envelope and Maximum-Case Scenario
• Appendix F:  Planned Activities Scenario
• Appendix G:  Assessment of Resources with Minor (or Lower) Adverse Impacts
• Appendix H:  Mitigation and Monitoring
• Appendix I:  Supplemental Information
• Appendix J:  Overview of Acoustic Modeling Report
• Appendix K:  List of Agencies, Organizations, and Persons to Whom Copies of the Statement Are Sent
• Appendix L:  Other Impacts

• Appendix M: Seascape, Landscape, and Visual Impact Assessment (Note: Images in this file were processed to be compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, resulting in lower resolution visual simulations.  High resolution visual simulations can be found directly below.
  • Appendix M, Attachment M-2 Cumulative Visual Simulations (in high resolution format)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area, Little Egg Harbor Township (Northwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area, Little Egg Harbor Township (Southwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Playground Pier, Atlantic City (Northwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Playground Pier, Atlantic City (Southwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Corson’s Inlet State Park, Ocean City (Northwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Corson’s Inlet State Park, Ocean City (Southwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Stone Harbor Beach Access, Stone Harbor (Northwest Wind)
    • Cumulative Effects Visual Simulations – Stone Harbor Beach Access, Stone Harbor (Southwest Wind)
    • Spatial File used for creating Cumulative Visual Simulations (contains the locations of the wind turbine generators and/or offshore substations)
  • Appendix M, Attachment M-3 Visual Simulations of Action Alternatives (in high resolution format)
    • Alternatives Visual Simulations – Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area, Little Egg Harbor Township
    • Alternatives Visual Simulations – Playground Pier, Atlantic City
    • Alternatives Visual Simulations – Corson’s Inlet State Park, Ocean City
    • Alternatives Visual Simulations – Stone Harbor Beach Access, Stone Harbor
    • Spatial File used for Creating Alternatives Visual Simulations (contains the locations of the wind turbine generators and offshore substations)
• Appendix N:  Finding of Adverse Effect for the Ocean Wind 1 Construction and Operations Plan