Virtual public meetings are scheduled in line with a public comment period in preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Project offshore North Carolina.
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will conduct an environmental review of the proposed wind energy project, and as part of the Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS, a 30-day public comment period will be available through 11:59 p.m. EST Monday, Aug. 30, according to the BOEM website.
“During the public comment period, BOEM will be hosting three virtual scoping meetings where you can learn more about the project, ask questions, and provide oral testimony,” the BOEM website stated.
The meetings will take place at 5:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Aug. 10; at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Aug. 12, and at 5:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Aug. 17, a press release said.
“Following the comment period, BOEM will publish a scoping report and use the comments received during the public scoping process to help identify important resources and issues, impact-producing factors, reasonable alternatives for consideration, and potential mitigating measures that should be analyzed in the Kitty Hawk draft EIS,” the BOEM website stated.
Kitty Hawk Wind LLC plans construction and operation of a commercial-scale offshore wind energy facility that has up to 69 “wind turbine generators, one offshore substation, inter-array cables, and up to two transmission cables that will make landfall in Virginia Beach,” a press release said.
The project's goals are to generate domestic energy for Americans through production of electricity using wind turbine generators and contribute “to the federal goal of delivering 30 gigawatts of offshore wind in the U.S. by 2030,” the Kitty Hawk Construction and Operations Plan stated.
“Offshore wind is a critical component of this Administration’s commitment to confronting climate change, creating thousands of good-paying union jobs, and jump starting our country’s transition to a cleaner energy future,” Deb Haaland, secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, said in the press release.
To register for the meetings, visit BOEM's registration page.
