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Questions remain about fisheries, shipping lanes, radar systems
A number of entities expressed caution, however. In its comment to BOEM, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) noted that the area in question is a habitat for roughly 35 important fish species and is the site of significant fisheries. NOAA called for an expanded assessment before proceeding with the leases.
In a similar vein, David Frulla of the Fisheries Survival Fund, which represents permit holders in the Atlantic scallop fishery, commented to BOEM that the group “strongly objects to the leasing of submerged lands that overlap lucrative scallop beds.”
The group said BOEM had failed to adequately evaluate the impact the project will have on the region’s fisheries, and asked BOEM to remove more than a dozen lease blocks from consideration for leasing.
The National Ocean Service also has objections. In its comments to BOEM, the agency highlighted the location of high frequency radars supporting the U.S. as part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System.
“There are 11 high frequency radars in New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island that will be negatively impacted to some degree or another by wind turbines situated offshore Long Island. This would result in a loss of coastal radar monitoring for 100 miles of the NY, NJ, RI coasts,” NOS commented.
Significantly, the shipping industry has also expressed grave concerns. Douglas Schneider of the World Shipping Council (WSC), which represents more than 29 shipping companies that operate upwards of 5,000 ocean-going container vessels, commented that WSC has filed multiple submissions with BOEM noting “the critical need for wind energy projects to be sited a safe distance from areas of high-density commercial vessel traffic.”
The proposed wind lease area is situated between two principal shipping channels out of New York Harbor: the outbound Ambrose to Nantucket traffic lane and the inbound Hudson Canyon to Ambrose traffic lane.
The proposed WEA would almost completely occupy the space between these two busy traffic channels, Schneider says. To reduce the risk of collision between vessels and what is termed allision between vessels and fixed wind turbines, two-mile buffer zones must be established, he wrote.
