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Safety Zone; Empire Wind 1 Wind Farm Project Area, Outer Continental Shelf, Lease OCS-A 0512, Offshore New York and New Jersey, Atlantic Ocean
The Coast Guard published this final rule in the Federal Register on April 11, 2025. It took effect on April 11, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Coast Guard is establishing 55 temporary safety zones around the construction of individual wind energy facilities during the development of the Empire Wind 1 Wind Farm project area. The area lies within Federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf, specifically in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0512, approximately 12 nautical miles south of Long Island, NY. This action protects life, property, and the environment during construction of each facility. When being enforced, only attending vessels and vessels with authorization are permitted to enter or remain in the temporary safety zones.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-06188
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Temporary final rule
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Published
- April 11, 2025
- Takes effect
- April 11, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective without actual notice from April 11, 2025 through 11:59 p.m. on February 29, 2028. For the purposes of enforcement, actual notice will be used from 12:01 a.m. on March 10, 2025, until April 11, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket Number USCG-2024-0704
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1625-AA00
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 33 CFR 147
- Topics
- Continental shelf; Marine safety; Navigation (water)
- Pages
- 9
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