Groups and individuals opposing Atlantic wind projects sent the attached letter to Interior Secretary Doug Bergum asking for the withdraw of wind permits.
The groups cite serious problems with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Letters of Authorization (LOA) for Incidental Take of endangered and threatened species. The LOAs authorized cumulative Takes of 548 individuals from a population of around 338.
The groups’ “no list” (project analysis deficiencies):
- No EIS for the NMFS Incidental Take Authorization
- No consideration of the impact of harassment in the Biological Opinion including cumulative impacts
- No harassment authorization for the turbine installation ship
- No consideration of using suction caissons instead of pile driving
- No consideration of sediment plumes from ocean currents flowing through wind facilities
- No assessment of a project’s contribution to the overall effects of multiple wind projects
- No consideration of continuous operating noise
- No consideration of physical presence-based harassment
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 