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When available, listings will provide links for Federal Register announcements and agency websites with more information, the date range for public comments, and map data available on the Portal or external sites. Items are arranged in order of the date of their announcement and will be removed on or around the time of the public comment period’s expiration.
To suggest an item for inclusion, please email portal@midatlanticocean.org. Users may also visit our News from Our Partners page for more agency announcements on ocean planning matters.
For further information on the status of offshore wind-related planning in the region, select your area of interest on the BOEM State Activities page or view the table on the Northeast Ocean Data Portal’s Offshore Wind Projects page.
USFWS/NOAA: Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument Proposed Joint Monument Management Plan (announced 12/28/22)
Comment Period End: 1/27/23
Online Resources:
- Federal Register notice
- USFWS press release
- Monument Management Plan page on USFWS website
- View Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument area on the Portal
BOEM: Notice of Availability for Sunrise Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (announced 12/12/22)
Comment Period End: 2/14/23
Online Resources:
- Sunrise Wind DEIS Notice of Availability
- Sunrise Wind informational page on BOEM website
- Sunrise Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
- BOEM press release
- View Sunrise Wind project area on the Portal
BOEM: Notice of Availability for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (announced 12/12/22)
Comment Period End: 2/14/23
Online Resources:
- CVOW DEIS Notice of Availability
- CVOW informational page on BOEM website
- CVOW-C Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
- BOEM press release
- View CVOW project area on the Portal
BOEM: Notice for Comment on Central Atlantic Draft Wind Energy Areas (announced 11/16/22)
Comment Period End: 12/16/22
Online Resources:
- Notice for Comment on Regulations.gov
- BOEM Central Atlantic website
- BOEM and National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Draft Report: Development of the Central Atlantic Wind Energy Areas
- View BOEM Central Atlantic Draft Wind Energy Areas map on Portal
BOEM: Empire Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) (announced 11/14/22)
Comment Period End: 1/17/22
Online Resources:
- Empire Wind DEIS Notice of Availability
- Empire Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
- BOEM Empire Wind website
- View Empire Wind lease area on Portal
BOEM: Guidance on Information Needed for Issuance of a Notice of Intent (NOI) Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) (announced 10/26/22)
Comment Period End: 12/12/22
Online Resources:
BOEM: BOEM Nationwide Recommendations for Impact Pile Driving Sound Exposure Modeling and Sound Field Measurement for Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plans (announced 10/26/22)
Comment Period End: 12/12/22
Online Resources:
BOEM/NOAA: BOEM and NOAA Fisheries North Atlantic Right Whale and Offshore Wind Strategy (announced 10/21/22)
Comment Period End: 12/14/22
Online Resources:
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: Ocean Climate Action Plan (announced 10/4/22)
Comment Period End: 11/18/22
Online Resources:
NOAA Fisheries: Amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule (extension of comment period announced 9/15/22)
Comment Period End: 10/31/22
Online Resources:
- Federal Register Notice
- NOAA Fisheries summary page
- Proposal summary on Portal blog
- View map of proposed zones on Portal
U.S. Coast Guard: Consolidated Port Approaches and International Entry and Departure Transit Areas Port Access Route Studies (PARS) Integral to Efficiency of Possible Atlantic Coast Fairways (announced 9/9/22)
Comment Period End: None
Online Resources: