Permit Documents for SouthCoast Wind, LLC's Offshore Wind Energy Development Project
EPA's November 15, 2024, Draft Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit for the SouthCoast Wind Project
On November 23, 2022, SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC submitted to EPA Region 1 (EPA) an initial application requesting a Clean Air Act (CAA) permit under Section 328 of the CAA for the construction and operation of an offshore wind farm, including export cables, on the outer continental shelf. Once operational, the project has an estimated maximum production capacity of 2,400 megawatts of renewable energy. On January 13, 2023, EPA received a revised OCS air permit application, which replaced the initial application. EPA also received supplemental information thereafter. EPA determined the application to be administratively complete on April 07, 2023. The EPA is proposing a draft permit that will contain the applicable requirements under 40 C.F.R. part 55.
- Draft OCS Air Permit for SouthCoast Wind Project – November 15, 2024 (pdf)
- Fact Sheet for SouthCoast Wind Project OCS Air Permit – November 15, 2024 (pdf)
- Public Notice for SouthCoast Wind Project Draft OCS Air Permit – November 15, 2024 (pdf)
- Administrative Record with application and supporting materials
All persons, including applicants, who believe any condition of the draft permit is inappropriate must raise all issues and submit all available arguments and all supporting material for their arguments in full by the close of the public comment period, in writing. EPA prefers that all comments be submitted by electronic means to
Andre D. Turner
[email protected]
If email submittal of comments is not feasible, hard copy comments may be submitted to the address below.
Andre D. Turner
Air and Radiation Division (Mail code: 5-MD)
U.S. EPA Region 1
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100
Boston, MA 02109
The public comment period for draft permit will remain open from November 15, 2024, to January 6, 2025. Interested parties can submit comments on the Preliminary Designation and the Draft Permit at https://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID # EPA-R01-OAR-2024-0393). All comments must be received by January 6, 2025. EPA will consider all significant comments and make appropriate changes before issuing this permit.
In addition, the EPA will hold a public hearing for the OCS air permit at 6:00 p.m. EST on December 18th, 2024. The hearing will be held virtually via Zoom.gov (https://usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsfu6vrjMtGAiTL_u444yYehq11awCCl8). For information on EPA's public hearing, including registration instructions, please visit the public notice document for SouthCoast Wind.