Contents

AGENCY TITLE NOTICE DATE COMMENTS DUE
USFWS/NOAA USFWS/NOAA: Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument Proposed Joint Monument Management Plan (announced 12/28/22) 12/28/22 1/27/23
BOEM Notice of Availability for Sunrise Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (announced 12/12/22) 12/16/22 2/14/23
BOEM Notice of Availability for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (announced 12/12/22) 12/16/22 2/14/23
RECENTLY EXPIRED ITEMS
BOEM Notice for Comment on Central Atlantic Draft Wind Energy Areas (announced 11/16/22) 11/16/22 12/16/22
BOEM Empire Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) (announced 11/14/22) 11/14/22 1/17/22
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) 10/26/22 12/12/22
BOEM BOEM Nationwide Recommendations for Impact Pile Driving Sound Exposure Modeling and Sound Field Measurement for Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plans 10/26/22 12/12/22
BOEM/NOAA BOEM and NOAA Fisheries North Atlantic Right Whale and Offshore Wind Strategy 10/21/22 12/14/22
White House Office of Science & Technology Ocean Climate Action Plan 10/4/22 11/18/22
NOAA Fisheries Amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule 9/15/22 10/31/22
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 9/9/22 None

NOAA exploration ship

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USFWS/NOAA: Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument Proposed Joint Monument Management Plan (announced 12/28/22)

Comment Period End: 1/27/23

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BOEM: Notice of Availability for Sunrise Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (announced 12/12/22)

Comment Period End: 2/14/23

Online Resources:

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:

BOEM: Notice for Comment on Central Atlantic Draft Wind Energy Areas (announced 11/16/22)

Comment Period End: 12/16/22

Online Resources:

BOEM: Empire Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) (announced 11/14/22)

Comment Period End: 1/17/22

Online Resources:

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:


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: