Areas to Avoid and Areas of Concern for Siting of Potential Offshore Wind Transmission Cables Corridors, 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Publication_Date: 20150106
Title:
Areas to Avoid and Areas of Concern for Siting of Potential Offshore Wind Transmission Cables Corridors, 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mass.gov/eea/mop>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mass.gov/czm/mapping/index.htm>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Publication_Date: 20150106
Title: 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mass.gov/eea/mop>
Description:
Abstract:
These data represent the areas to avoid and areas of concern for siting of potential offshore wind transmission cables corridors mapped in the 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan. One of the goals of the 2015 ocean plan was to advance the planning and siting of offshore wind energy transmission corridor(s) to bring renewable energy from the projects in federal waters across state waters to landside grid tie-in location(s). Significant work went into the planning and identification of appropriate potential transmission corridor routes for the 2015 ocean plan, including a compatibility assessment, screening analysis, and optimization tool. The transmission corridor routes identified through that process will be the focus of additional characterization, investigation, and assessment work, synchronized with the next stages in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) process, including leasing, site assessment, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis. In the first part of the siting method, the lease areas within the Massachusetts Wind Energy Area (MA WEA) and Rhode Island/ Massachusetts Wind Energy Area (RI/MA WEA), as delineated by BOEM, were used as the areas of origin, and the Canal Substation in Sandwich was identified as the target top-tier substation destination. Through the compatibility assessment and screening analysis, areas to avoid and areas of concern were identified based on potential biological and physical environmental impacts, incompatibilities, limitations and specifications of transmission cable installation operations, and/or adverse interactions with existing uses and sites to avoid. The following areas to avoid were identified: 1) North Atlantic right whale core habitat special, sensitive, or unique (SSU) resource, 2) humpback whale core habitat SSU resource, 3) fin whale core habitat SSU resource, 4) hard/complex seafloor SSU resource, 5) eelgrass SSU resource, 6) intertidal flats SSU resource, 7) areas of rock from surficial sediment dataset, 8) anchorage areas (C, D, L, and M), 9) aquaculture sites, 10) Nomans Danger Zone, 11) Cape Wind lease area, 12) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers disposal sites, and 13) water depth less than 16 feet (limitations to cable installation vessels due to draft, currents, navigational hazards). The following areas of concern were identified: 1) important fish resources SSU resource, 2) cable areas and existing cables with 250-m buffers, and 3) pipeline areas and existing pipelines with 500-m buffers. The optimization analysis then generated routes that would steer clear of the areas to avoid, and the areas of concern where possible, while minimizing cable distance.
Purpose:
These data were used in the development of the 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan.
Supplemental_Information:
The Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan protects critical marine habitat and important water-dependent uses and sets standards for new ocean-based development. In response to the Oceans Act of 2008, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) issued the original ocean plan in December 2009. The Oceans Act requires EEA to review and update the ocean plan at least once every five years. The 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan, released on January 6, 2015, is the first formal amendment to the 2009 ocean plan. These data were produced to support the development of the 2015 ocean plan.
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Calendar_Date: 20150106
Currentness_Reference: publication date
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Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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Keywords:
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: coastal zone management
Theme_Keyword: CZM
Theme_Keyword: EBM
Theme_Keyword: ecosystem-based management
Theme_Keyword: EEA
Theme_Keyword: EOEEA
Theme_Keyword: Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Theme_Keyword: marine spatial planning
Theme_Keyword: Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
Theme_Keyword: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Theme_Keyword: MSP
Theme_Keyword: ocean management
Theme_Keyword: ocean plan
Theme_Keyword: Oceans Act of 2008
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CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MASSACHUSETTS
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE
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Place_Keyword: Bigelow Bight
Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Bay
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound
Access_Constraints:
None. These data are in the public domain. GIS files are freely available for download.
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Public domain data from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management as the source of these data. You are not permitted to use CZM's name or to suggest that CZM endorses your project or product, without its express written consent. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, CZM cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers. The user must be aware of data conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of these data with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to these data. NOAA mandated language per federal Data Quality Act (DQA): These environmental data and related items of information have not been formally disseminated by NOAA and do not represent and should not be construed to represent any agency determination, view, or policy.
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Contact_Position: CZM Data Manager
Contact_Address:
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Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02114-2138
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
Data_Set_Credit:
These spatial data were created by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA).
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This dataset contains the entire spatial extent of the areas to avoid and areas of concern mapped in the 2015 ocean plan.
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Originator: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Publication_Date: 20150106
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North Atlantic Right Whale Core Habitat, 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
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Humpback Whale Core Habitat, 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
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The data were downloaded by CZM from NOAA ENC Direct to GIS on June 17, 2013. Based on feedback from the ocean plan's transportation/navigation work group in 2009, four of the anchorage areas (C, D, L, and M) were extracted. The data were then projected to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (FIPS zone 2001), meters.
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The data were provided to CZM by USACE on October 30, 2013. The data include all of the nearshore disposal sites in and adjacent to Massachusetts state waters in the USACE database. The disposal sites in Massachusetts state waters were selected and projected to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (FIPS zone 2001), meters.
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Important Fish Resources, 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
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Important Fish Resources, 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
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Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
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The data were downloaded by CZM from NOAA ENC Direct to GIS on June 17, 2013. The data were then projected to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (FIPS zone 2001), meters, and dissolved.
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Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
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The coastal-,approach-, and harbour-scale data were downloaded by CZM from NOAA ENC Direct to GIS on August 14, 2014. The data were then merged and projected to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (FIPS zone 2001), meters. Next, a shapefile of the Comcast/NSTAR bundled submarine fiber-optic communications and electric cable between Falmouth and Tisbury was merged with the projected data. Finally, the merged cables were buffered 250 meters with the ALL dissolve type selected.
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Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
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The data were downloaded by CZM from NOAA ENC Direct to GIS on June 17, 2013. The data were then projected to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (FIPS zone 2001), meters, and dissolved.
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NOAA ENC Direct to GIS: Approach-Scale Pipeline, Submarine/On Land Line
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The approach-scale data were downloaded by CZM from NOAA ENC Direct to GIS on August 14, 2014. The data were then projected to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (FIPS zone 2001), meters. Finally, the data were buffered 500 meters with the ALL dissolve type selected.
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Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these data, errors and conditions originating from physical sources used to develop these data may be reflected in the data supplied. The client must be aware of data conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of the information with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to certain data. In no event shall CZM be liable for any damages, whether general, special, incidental or consequential damages, arising out of your use of these data. Your sole remedy for damages is to stop using the data. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CZM and its employees against any claim, loss, liability or expense, including attorneys' fees, resulting from loss of or damage to property or the injury to or death of any person arising out of the use of the data. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the CZM.
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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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