; Whereas the contractual obligation refers to a power purchase agreement between Vineyard Wind 1 and the State of Massachusetts, which was signed 2 years prior to the ROD, and required 800 megawatts of energy output; Whereas the required energy output prevents serious consideration of alternative requests for wind farm layout and number of turbines installed; Whereas BOEM, in a draft EIS for the Ocean Wind 1 lease sale off the coast of New Jersey, determined that the proposed wind turbine structures would increase the risk of vessel collisions, allisions, and spills which could result in personal injury or loss of life; Whereas the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine determined that wind turbine generator interference on marine vessel radar will lead to unforeseen complications and degraded performance, causing loss of radar contact that is particularly consequential when conducting search and rescue operations in and adjacent to offshore wind farms; Whereas offshore wind farms will interfere with coastal high frequency radar systems used for United States Coast Guard (USCG) search and rescue operations; Whereas existing port access route studies (PARS) related to offshore wind do not properly examine potential radar interference and the impact on navigation within and around wind farms; Whereas the USCG in its Areas Offshore of Massachusetts and Rhode Island PARS determined that the potential for offshore wind turbine interference with marine radar is site specific and depends on factors including turbine size, array layouts, number of turbines, construction materials, and vessel types; Whereas the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine determined that wind turbine generator interference decreases the effectiveness of marine vessel radar mounted on all vessel classes and that the sizes of anticipated offshore wind farms across the United States Outer Continental Shelf at the scale of anticipated deployment will exacerbate this situation