Empire Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0512, Equinor Wind US LLC, February - December 2019

Original provider:
APEM Limited

Dataset credits:
APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc.

Abstract:
Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of their lease area located in the New York Bight (OCS-A 0512), now called Empire Wind. To facilitate this, 12 surveys were undertaken between February 2019 and December 2019 by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between November 2017 and October 2018 and can be accessed https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2067.