Incidental Take Authorization: Dominion Energy Virginia Construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project off of Virginia
Summary
NOAA Fisheries hereby promulgates regulations to govern the incidental taking of marine mammals incidental to the Virginia Electric and Power Company, doing business as Dominion Energy Virginia, construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project (hereafter, the CVOW-C Project or the Project) in Federal and State waters offshore of Virginia, specifically within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Lease Area OCS-A 0483 and along export cable routes to sea-to-shore transition points, over the course of 5 years (February 5, 2024 through February 4, 2029). These regulations, which allow for the issuance of a Letter of Authorization for the incidental take of marine mammals during construction-related activities within the Project Area during the effective dates of the regulations, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Federal Register
Supporting Materials
- Issued LOA (pdf, 45 pages)
- Record of Decision (pdf, 179 pages)
- BOEM's Final Environmental Impact Statement
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 355 pages)
- Supplemental Information: Manufacturer Sparker Noise Levels (pdf, 1 page)
- Revised Proposed Action Memo (pdf, 16 pages)
- Revised Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (pdf, 40 pages)
- Updated Take and Density Addendum (pdf, 31 pages)
- May Pile Driving Memo (pdf, 12 pages)
- Regulations.gov Proposed Rule Public Comments
- Notice of Receipt Public Comments (pdf, 66 pages)
- Application (pdf, 313 pages)
- References (pdf, 51 pages)