On the federal level, the approval process has been underway since 2021. The developer submitted a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) in July 2020 and, following initial review, BOEM started the environmental review in the summer of 2021.
In December 2022, BOEM published a draft EIS, initiating a 60-day public comment period that closed in February 2023, through which the federal agency received input and feedback that informed the now-issued final EIS.
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