Sunrise Wind COP Appendix O3: Sea Turtle and ESA-listed Fish Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan

LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc. (2022). Sunrise Wind COP Appendix O3: Sea Turtle and ESA-listed Fish Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan. Report by Sunrise Wind. Report for Sunrise Wind.

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Abstract

This report supplements the Sunrise Wind Construction and Operations Plan.

This Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (PSMMP, or Plan) is in place for highresolution geophysical (HRG) survey, construction, and operations and maintenance (O&M) activities planned for Sunrise Wind, LLC (Sunrise Wind), a 50/50 joint venture between Orsted North America Inc. and Eversource Investment, LLC. The Sunrise Wind Farm Project (Project) is located in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0487 (Lease Area) and together with the associated Sunrise Wind export cable route (SRWEC) are referred to in this PSMMP as the Project Area.

The purpose of this PSMMP is to describe the mitigation and monitoring that will be carried out to reduce potential impacts on federally protected species including sea turtles and Atlantic sturgeon [Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus].