Notice of Availability of a Joint Record of Decision for the Proposed Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind South Project; Errata

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On July 8, 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published the notice of availability of the joint record of decision (ROD) on the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the construction and operations plan (COP) submitted by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1, LLC and Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 2, LLC (Atlantic Shores) for its proposed Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind South Project (Project) offshore New Jersey in the Federal Register (89 FR 55977). The ROD described the Department of the Interior's selected alternative. This errata notice clarifies that the Department of the Interior's selected alternative also includes the removal of a single wind turbine generator (WTG) location, identified as AX01 and located approximately 150 to 200 ft (46 to 61 m) from the observed Fish Haven (Atlantic City Artificial Reef Site). While WTG AX01 was identified as removed in the description of the preferred alternative in the final EIS, BOEM inadvertently omitted a specific statement in the ROD noting that position was removed from the selected layout. In addition, the originally published ROD inadvertently identified WTG AX01 as being subject to micrositing i