Atlantic Shores is the offshore wind company looking to build wind farms off the beaches of South Jersey.
Atlantic Shores also aiming to take over prime, Atlantic City waterfront land, beaches and playgrounds.
Before that can happen, they must allow public comment on this proposed “diversion” of city-owned land.
A public notice hearing was announced by the City of Atlantic City.
A virtual public hearing will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at 6p.
The affected properties owned by the City are as follows:
- Beach/Boardwalk parcels between South Texas and Iowa Aves.
- Portion of Bader Field, 545 Albany Avenue.
- Boat House parcel and Pete Pallitto Field at Fairmount & Sovereign Ave.
As to said lands, permanent subsurface easements (totaling 1.8 acres) and temporary workspace (1.99 acres) is proposed to be acquired from the City by Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1, LLC (“Atlantic Shores”) for the installation of the onshore underground interconnection cables associated with the proposed Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1.
The lands in question are encumbered by State of New Jersey Green Acres restrictions, and a final application
for the major diversion of said lands has been submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the “Department”), Green Acres Program, for approval by the Department’s Commissioner and by the State House Commission.
As compensation for the diversion of the City-owned lands described above, the City agrees to encumber other City-owned lands north of West End Avenue for recreation and conservation purposes.
Atlantic Shores has proposed a public enhancement project on the compensation parcels, as well as compensation for tree removal. Atlantic Shores has also agreed to compensate the City for temporary workspace.
In accordance with Green Acres rules, all written comments must be submitted by July 9, 2024 to Paula Geletei, City Clerk, 1301 Bacharach Blvd., Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401 or at pgeletei@acnj.gov.
A copy of any written comment must also be submitted to the Green Acres Program at PublicLandCompliance@dep.nj.gov. Please include “Atlantic Shores” in the subject line.
Email comments are preferred, but comments may also be mailed to:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration, Public Land Compliance Section
401 East State Street, 7th Floor, Mail Code 401-07, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625-0420.
A copy of any written comment on the proposed diversion request may also be directed to Terence
Kelly, External Affairs Manager for Atlantic Shores One Dock 72 Way, Brooklyn, New York.
You can also email:
GreenAcrescomment@atlanticshoreswind.com with any comments or questions regarding the public hearing.
Copies of diversion application are available to the public online.
For inspection:
Atlantic City, City Hall, 1301 Bacharach Blvd.
Atlantic City Free Public Library, at 1 N. Tennessee Ave.
Members of the public may participate in the hearing via video conference or by telephone. Those who wish to participate via video conference may access the hearing at https://bit.ly/green-acres-offshore (note: if manually typing in, please use all lowercase text). A toll-free dial-in option is available as well, via calling (877) 853-5247, and entering 823 4121 1062 as the webinar ID, and 469898 as the passcode.
Those planning to offer comments at the hearing may sign up to do so during the hearing. The public hearing will also be televised at the Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1301 Bacharach Blvd., Atlantic City, New Jersey. Members of the public may view the public hearing and submit comments during the broadcast of the hearing.
Hey Lawyers, get off the beach and golf course. Maybe it’s time to do something worthwhile for the community.
All residents and non-residents should come out in force against this. Start the recall on Gov. Murphy and Mayor Smalls. Time to send a message with actions. If any of these get built you bet they will continue down all shore towns.
Governor Murphy, otherwise known as King Phil, is an incumbent as I am counting his days until he leaves office.
He is making “New Jersey, the California of the East Coast.”
Atlantic City is a mess.
Mayor Smalls seems to be busy with family issues and pending criminal charges.
Just say no to these windmills.
Any questions.
I do not think so…
These are NOT windmills. They are oil-spewing, life-killing, land and sea destroying, industrial wind turbines.
They cause the nothing but death and destruction. They subtract from our collective wealth, as the rich 🤑 line their pockets, with impunity.
It’s time to fight like there’s no tomorrow, because tomorrow looks mighty different.
No to the windmills
Let us, at least, have what is left of and what we came here for … the tranquility of God’s and Mother Nature’s beauty of the natural views of where the sky meets the open ocean. Not where the windmills meet the sky. Put the windmills where no one wants to go nor look at them. Perhaps first, we need to get rid of corrupt politicians.
Where has this project ever been successful for at least 10 Years?
The only ones to benefit from the plan of Atlantic Shores Company are Atllantic Shores and the NJ Governor who are pushing for it regardless of the studies that have shown how the offshore wind farms damage the existing sea life, the fishing industry, and the people who enjoy the beach and ocean views and not windmills. Tourism is a major industry in South Jersey.
Is there information available on the approval criteria for the change in use? Specifically, what is the test to determine if this will be approved or not? The Public comments should really focus on what the approval criteria is more than folks opinions of windmills. Focusing on personal views verse the approval criteria has tripped up public efforts mostly from what i have seen.
A couple dozen offshore wind farms have already been built around the world. Did Europe and Australia see their fishing and tourism industry take a hit?