Center for Biological Diversity filed 2 comments on this docket between Aug 22, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. 31 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 28d ago.
Please see attached the comments from 9,956 Center for Biological Diversity supporters urging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to stop the rush to mine the ocean floor and *not* to offer any mining leases in coastal Virginia.
Please see attached comments from the Center for Biological Diversity urging BOEM to abandon a lease sale for minerals offshore Virginia.
On November 13, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received an unsolicited request that Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) hard minerals (herein “minerals”) be offered for lease offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia. After reviewing the request, BOEM decided to initiate the first steps that could potentially lead to a lease sale by publishing this request for information and interest (RFI). This RFI is not a final decision to lease and does not prejudge any future Secretarial decisions concerning leasing offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia. This RFI requests information and comments on, and indications of interest in, the leasing of OCS minerals in and around the area identified in this RFI (hereby referred to as the RFI Area). BOEM will consider information and interest received in response to this RFI when considering whether to proceed with additional steps leading to the offering of OCS minerals for lease offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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