Maryland Offshore Wind Project is the Latest to Complete FAST-41 Permitting Assistance
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Permitting Council Press Office (media@permitting.gov)
WASHINGTON (January 17, 2024) – The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) is pleased to announce that Maryland Offshore Wind is the latest infrastructure project to complete the FAST-41 permitting assistance program. The $6 billion project is the nation’s 10th commercial-scale offshore wind project to complete federal permitting.
“Advancing offshore wind has been a key component of the Biden-Harris administration’s clean energy efforts, and I couldn’t be more pleased to see another FAST-41 project make it to the finish line,” said Eric Beightel, Permitting Council Executive Director. “This is now the 7th offshore wind project to complete the FAST-41 program, and I look forward to seeing it realize its fullest potential in bringing clean, renewable energy to households across the mid-Atlantic.”
Anticipated to generate up to 2,200 megawatts of clean, renewable energy for the Delmarva Peninsula, the Maryland Offshore Wind project could power over 718,000 homes. Located approximately 10 nautical miles offshore Ocean City, Maryland, and approximately 9 nautical miles offshore Sussex County, Delaware, the project includes up to 114 wind turbine generators, four offshore substations, a meteorological tower, and up to four offshore export cable corridors. The project will provide up to 3,000 local jobs during construction and operation.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management led the Maryland Offshore Wind project through federal permitting. Learn more about this project on the Federal Permitting Dashboard.
About the Permitting Council and FAST-41
Established in 2015 by Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41), the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) is a federal agency charged with improving the transparency and predictability of the federal environmental review and authorization process for certain critical infrastructure projects. The Permitting Council is composed of the Permitting Council Executive Director, who serves as the Council Chair; 13 federal agency Council members; and the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Office of the Executive Director coordinates federal environmental reviews and authorizations for projects that seek and qualify for FAST-41 coverage, which are in turn entitled to comprehensive permitting timetables and transparent, collaborative management of those timetables on the Federal Permitting Dashboard.
Learn more about the Permitting Council at permitting.gov.
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Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2025