Site Mitigation & Monitoring

This Record of Decision (ROD) is the second decision document regarding the Cape Wind Energy Project. No significant new information bearing on the environmental impacts has been presented since the issuance of the April 28, 2010 ROD. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) decided to approve Cape Wind Associates' Construction and Operations Pla (COP), with modifications.

This Record of Decision (ROD) summarizes the background of the Cape Wind project, the alternatives the Minerals Management Service (MMS) considered, the environmentally preferable alternative, the basis for MMS' decision to select the proposed action, required mitigation measures, and the process MMS undertook to involve the public and other agencies. The decision was made to offer a commercial lease to Cape Wind Associates (CWA). Prior to conducting any construction activities, CWA must submit and obtain approval of its Construction and Operation Plan (COP).

Through this Environmental Assessment (EA), the Minerals Management Service (MMS) concludes that issuance of leases authorizing wind resource data collection on seven leases blocks located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Delaware and New Jersey would have no significant effect on the human environment. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required, and the agency issued its Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). MMS proposes several mitigation measures that would be added to the lease terms to reduce or eliminate potential environmental impacts.

In this notice, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) releases its rules and regulations to establish procedures for issuance and administration of leases, right-of-way (ROW) grants, and right-of-use and easement (RUE) grants for renewable energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

In this notice, the Minerals Management Service BOEM) releases its rules and regulations to establish procedures for issuance and administration of leases, right-of-way (ROW) grants, and right-of-use and easement (RUE) grants for renewable energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).