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Permit Documents for Cape Wind Associates, LLC - Cape Wind Energy Project, Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound (Offshore Renewable Energy Project/OCS Air Permit)

Final Permit Documents

  • Re: OCS Appeal No. 11-01, OCS Permit No. OCS-R1-01, Cape Wind Associates, LLC, Notice of Final Permit Decision (pdf) (219.61 KB, June 2, 2011)
  • Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit issued to Cape Wind Associates, LLC for the Cape Wind Energy Project Offshore Renewable Wind Energy Project, Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound, EPA Permit Number OCS-R1-01 (pdf) (3.68 MB, January 7, 2011)
  • Attachment 1 - Re: Permit Application Revision, Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Permit, Cape Wind Energy Project (pdf) (1.21 MB, June 4, 2010)
  • Attachment 2 - Re: Revised Emissions Estimates, Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Permit Application, Cape Wind Energy Project (pdf) (5.91 MB, September 23, 2009)
  • Response to Comments for Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit Approval: Cape Wind Energy Project, Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound, Offshore Renewable Wind Energy Project (pdf) (470.33 KB, January 7, 2011)

Public Hearing and Comment Period Documents

  • Public Notice of Proposed Federal Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit Approval, Public Comment Period, and Public Hearings, Cape Wind Energy Project, Offshore Renewable Wind Energy Project (pdf) (1.21 MB, June 8, 2010)
  • Nantucket Hearing Testimony (pdf) (85.72 KB, July 13, 2010)
  • Martha's Vineyard Hearing Testimony (pdf) (108.98 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Cape Cod Hearing Testimony (pdf) (154.51 KB, July 15, 2010)
  • Comment by Richard Mahoney (pdf) (10.48 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Melissa Renn (pdf) (10.51 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Mary Reardon (pdf) (39.71 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Joanna P.Q. El-Fayoumy (pdf) (14.99 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Don Schaefer (pdf) (16.29 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Fancine Nisbet (pdf) (14.39 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by David Geyer (pdf) (10.63 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Barbara Wilson (pdf) (14.12 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Joe McGinity (pdf) (10.49 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Nolaa Cloutier (pdf) (10.33 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by James Bodurtha (pdf) (11.89 KB, July 14, 2010)
  • Comment by Diana Morse (pdf) (14.26 KB, July 15, 2010)
  • Comment by Charles Curran (pdf) (49.33 KB, July 15, 2010)
  • Comment by Jay Stevens (pdf) (42.01 KB, July 15, 2010)
  • Comment by Deke Ulian (pdf) (10.54 KB, July 16, 2010)
  • Comment 1 by Barbara Durkin (pdf) (227.35 KB, July 16, 2010)
  • Comment 2 by Barbara Durkin (pdf) (81.35 KB, July 16, 2010)
  • Comment 3 by Barbara Durkin (pdf) (23.18 KB, July 16, 2010)
  • Comment by Joan Hill (pdf) (10.98 KB, July 16, 2010)
  • Comment by Ted Giletti (pdf) (11.35 KB, July 17, 2010)
  • Comment by Mike Feinblatt (ESS Group) with Attachment (pdf) (74.04 KB, July 15, 2010)
  • Comment by Brad Thomas (ConocoPhillips) with Attachment (pdf) (3.73 MB, July 17, 2010)
  • Comment by Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (pdf) (10.13 MB, July 19, 2010)

Draft Permit Documents

  • Outer Continental Shelf Permit issued to Cape Wind Associates, LLC for the Cape Wind Energy Project, Offshore Renewable Wind Energy Project, Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound, MA, EPA Draft Permit Number OCS-R1-01 (pdf) (62.29 KB, June 10, 2010)
  • Fact Sheet - Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit Approval: Cape Wind Energy Project, Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound, MA, Offshore Renewable Wind Energy Project, EPA Draft Permit Number OCS-R1-01 (pdf) (315.68 KB, June 10, 2010)
  • Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Notice of Intent, Cape Wind Energy Project, Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound, MA (pdf) (2.44 MB, December 7, 2007)
  • Agenda & Meeting Notes for Cape Wind DEIS, March 17, 2008 (pdf) (155.77 KB)
  • Re: Need for a Preconstruction General Conformity Determination and a Preconstruction Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Permit for Cape Wind; Request for Public Review (pdf) (666.43 KB, May 28, 2008)
  • Appendix J FWS and NOAA Fisheries Biological Opinions; Letter from Fish and Wildlife Service to Minerals Management Service Re: Biological Opinion 11/21/08; Letter from NOAA Fisheries to MMS Re: Biological Opinion 11/13/08 (pdf) (13.61 MB)
  • Letter from Save Our Sound to EPA Re: Cape Wind Application for OCS Permit (pdf) (663.44 KB, January 5, 2009)
  • Letter from EPA to Minerals Management Service Re: Cape Wind Energy Project (pdf) (389.35 KB, December 1, 2009)
  • Letter from Minerals Management Service to EPA Re: Section 106 Consultation for Cape Wind Energy Project (pdf) (2.08 MB, December 15, 2009)
  • Letter from EPA to Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council (pdf) (249.68 KB, May 4, 2010)
  • Letter from EPA to Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (pdf) (249.37 KB, May 4, 2010)
  • Letter from EPA to Narragansett Indian Tribe (pdf) (241.35 KB, May 4, 2010)
  • Letter from ESS Group, Inc. to EPA Re: Draft OCS Air Permit Cape Wind Energy Project, ESS Project No. E159-504.1 (pdf) (74.6 KB, May 28, 2010)
  • Modeling for Cape Wind's Local Impacts Relative to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (pdf) (1.54 MB, June 3, 2010)
  • Cape Wind 1-Hour SO2 and NO2 Modeling (pdf) (102.02 KB, December 21, 2010)
  • Letter from NOAA to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Re: ESA Consultation for Cape Wind (pdf) (257.54 KB, December 30, 2010)
  • National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Biological Opinion (pdf) (12.9 MB, December 30, 2010)
  • Letter from Fish and Wildlife Service to EPA Re: Cape Wind Associates, LLC, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Permit Application, Section 7 Endangered Species Act Concurrence (pdf) (1.61 MB, December 17, 2010)

Application Materials & Supplemental Information

  • Re: Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Permit Application Cape Wind Energy Project (12/17/2008) (pdf) (7.03 MB, December 17, 2008)
  • Re: Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Permit Application, Cape Wind Energy Project (03/12/2009) (pdf) (650.1 KB, March 12, 2009)
  • Re: Revised Vessel Emissions Estimates, Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Permit Application, Cape Wind Energy Project (pdf) (623.21 KB, June 25, 2009)
  • Re: Revised Emissions Estimates, Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Permit Application, Cape Wind Energy Project (pdf) (1.2 MB, September 23, 2009)
  • Re: OCS Permit Application, Cape Wind Energy Project, ESS Project No. E159-504.1 (03/02/2010) (pdf) (212.31 KB, March 2, 2010)
  • Re: OCS Permit Application, Cape Wind Energy Project, ESS Project No. E159-504.1 (04/23/2010) (pdf) (197.55 KB, April 23, 2010)
  • Re: Permit Application Revision, Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Permit, Cape Wind Energy Project (pdf) (66.13 KB, June 4, 2010)

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