Smart from the Start
Salazar Launches 'Smart from the Start' Initiative to Speed Offshore Wind Energy Development off the Atlantic Coast (November 23, 2010)
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island and Massachusetts
- BOEM announced the availability of an environmental assessment that analyzes potential environmental effects associated with renewable energy leasing and data gathering in the WEA off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts on July 2, 2012.
- BOEM convened information sessions in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to provide additional opportunities for public input on the Environmental Assessment and to explain the commercial leasing process. The meetings were held on Monday, July 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute, 218 South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI and on Tuesday, July 17 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Fairfield Inn & Suites, in New Bedford, MA. The presentation from the public sessions is below:
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
- Finding of No Historic Properties Affected for the Issuance of Commercial Leases within the New Jersey Wind Energy Area.
- Finding of No Historic Properties Affected for the Issuance of Commercial Leases within the Maryland Wind Energy Area
- Finding of No Historic Properties Affected for the Issuance of Commercial Leases within the Virginia Wind Energy Area.
- Finding of No Historic Properties Affected for the Issuance of Commercial Leases within the Delaware Wind Energy Area.
- Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Final Environmental Assessment (February 2012)
- Notice of the Availability (NOA) of an Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Finding of No Significant Impact (02/03/2012)
- Public Input Requested on Potential Impacts to Historic Priorities: Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Characterization Activities (10/20/2011)
- Comments received on the Draft Environmental Assessment
- Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Characterization Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia - Draft Environmental Assessment (July 2011)
- Notice of the Availability of an Environmental Assessment: Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Characterization Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (July 12 2011)
- Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (Mid-Atlantic Regional EA)(February 9, 2011)
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