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Gulf of Maine Draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) Notice

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed 1 comment on this docket between Nov 21, 2023 and Nov 21, 2023. 28 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 981d ago.

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Nov 21, 2023· Comment from National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Maine Audubon, Mass Audubon, National Audubon Society· BOEM-2023-0054-0287

We submit these comments on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Draft Wind Energy Areas -- Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Gulf of Maine OCS on behalf of National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Mass Audubon, Maine Audubon, and National Audubon Society.

Abstract

This notice invites public comment on the Draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore the States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts and presents the results of a spatial suitability model developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and informed by BOEM. On August 19, 2022, BOEM initiated the competitive leasing process by issuing a Request for Interest (RFI). BOEM then published a Call for Information and Nominations on April 26, 2023.

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