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50 CFR 217.260: Specified activity and specified geographical region.

(a) Regulations in this subpart apply to activities associated with the Ocean Wind 1 project (hereafter referred to as the “Project”) by Ocean Wind, LLC (hereafter referred to as “LOA Holder”), and those persons it authorizes or funds to conduct activities on its behalf in the area outlined in paragraph (b) of this section. Requirements imposed on LOA Holder must be implemented by those persons it authorizes or funds to conduct activities on its behalf.
(b) The specified geographical region is the Mid-Atlantic Bight, which includes, but is not limited to, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)-A 0498 Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development, two export cable routes, and two sea-to-shore transition points located in New Jersey at Oyster Creek, Island Beach State Park in Barnegat Bay, Farm Property, and BL England.
(c) The specified activities are impact pile driving of wind turbine generator (WTGs) and offshore substation (OSSs) foundations; vibratory pile driving (install and subsequently remove) of cofferdams and goal posts; high-resolution geophysical (HRG) site characterization surveys; unexploded ordnances or munitions and explosives of concern (UXOs/MECs) detonation; vessel transit within the specified geographical region to transport crew, supplies, and materials; WTG operation; fishery and ecological monitoring surveys; placement of scour protection; and trenching, laying, and burial activities associated with the installation of the export cable route from OSSs to shore-based converter stations and inter-array cables between turbines.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries
CHAPTER II—NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SUBCHAPTER C—MARINE MAMMALS
PART 217—REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKE OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES
Subpart AA—Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of the Ocean Wind 1 Project Offshore of New Jersey

(b) The specified geographical region is the Mid-Atlantic Bight, which includes, but is not limited to, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)-A 0498 Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development, two export cable routes, and two sea-to-shore transition points located in New Jersey at Oyster Creek, Island Beach State Park in Barnegat Bay, Farm Property, and BL England.

(c) The specified activities are impact pile driving of wind turbine generator (WTGs) and offshore substation (OSSs) foundations; vibratory pile driving (install and subsequently remove) of cofferdams and goal posts; high-resolution geophysical (HRG) site characterization surveys; unexploded ordnances or munitions and explosives of concern (UXOs/MECs) detonation; vessel transit within the specified geographical region to transport crew, supplies, and materials; WTG operation; fishery and ecological monitoring surveys; placement of scour protection; and trenching, laying, and burial activities associated with the installation of the export cable route from OSSs to shore-based converter stations and inter-array cables between turbines.

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