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| 2012-2645 | Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Massachusetts-Call for Information and Nominations | Notice | BOEM invites the submission of nominations for commercial leases that would allow a lessee to propose the construction of a wind energy project on the OCS offshore Massachusetts and to develop a project if approved after further environmental review. On December 29, 2010, BOEM issued the Massachusetts Request for Interest (RFI) requesting submission of nominations and other information by February 28, 2011 (75 FR 82055). In response to requests from several interested and affected parties, including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, BOEM reopened the comment period for the RFI on March 17, 2011 (76 FR 14681), asking for submissions by April 18, 2011. BOEM received 11 nominations of interest from 10 individual entities responding to the RFI, as well as 247 comments from members of the public and state and Federal agencies. On May 2, 2011, BOEM announced it would reduce the area identified in the RFI based on comments received from the fishing community, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, and the Massachusetts congressional delegation. BOEM further refined the area that is under consideration for this Call for Information and Nominations (Call) based on consultation with the BOEM Massachusetts Renewable Energy Task Force, as described in the "Development of the Call Area" section later in this notice. The area that is under consideration for this Call is referred to herein as the "Call Area." Although this announcement is not itself a leasing announcement, the Call Area described herein, or portions thereof, may be made available for future leasing. BOEM will use the responses to this Call to gauge specific interest in acquiring commercial wind leases in some or all of the Call Area, and to determine whether competitive interest exists in any particular portion of the Call Area, as required by 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties wishing to submit a nomination in response to this Call should submit detailed and specific information in response to the requirements described below in the section entitled, "Required Nomination Information." This announcement also requests comments and information from interested and affected parties about site conditions, resources, and multiple uses in close proximity to, or within, the Call Area that would be relevant to BOEM's review of any nominations submitted and/or to BOEM's subsequent decision to offer all or part of the Call Area for commercial wind leasing. The information that BOEM is requesting is described below in the section of this Call entitled, "Requested Information from Interested or Affected Parties." This Call is published pursuant to subsection 8(p)(3) of the OCS Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3), as well as the implementing regulations at 30 CFR Part 585. The Call Area is located off the coast of Massachusetts beginning approximately 12 nautical miles (nmi) south of Martha's Vineyard and 13 nmi southwest of Nantucket. From its northern boundary, the Call Area extends 33 nmi southward to the 60 meter depth contour and has an east/ west extent of approximately 47 nmi. The Call Area is approximately 826,241 acres or 975 square nmi in size and contains 132 whole OCS lease blocks as well as 19 partial blocks. | 2012-02-06 | 2012 | 2 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/02/06/2012-2645/commercial-leasing-for-wind-power-on-the-outer-continental-shelf-offshore-massachusetts-call-for | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-02-06/pdf/2012-2645.pdf | Interior Department; Ocean Energy Management Bureau | 253,575 | BOEM invites the submission of nominations for commercial leases that would allow a lessee to propose the construction of a wind energy project on the OCS offshore Massachusetts and to develop a project if approved after further environmental review.... |