Notice2024-12022
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment for Commercial Wind Lease Issuance on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, Oregon; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
May 31, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces a two- week extension of the comment period for the availability of a draft environmental assessment (EA) to consider the potential environmental impacts associated with possible wind energy-related leasing and grant issuance, site assessment, and site characterization activities on the U.S. Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Oregon. This notice of extension of the comment period for the notice of availability (NOA) announces the end of the extended comment period, as well as the dates and times for public meetings on the draft EA. After BOEM holds public meetings and addresses public comments submitted during the review period, BOEM will publish a final EA. The EA will inform BOEM's decision on whether to issue wind energy leases and grants in the Pacific wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Oregon.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 47175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12022]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM-2023-0065]
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment for
Commercial Wind Lease Issuance on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf,
Oregon; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Draft environmental assessment; extension of the comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces a two-
week extension of the comment period for the availability of a draft
environmental assessment (EA) to consider the potential environmental
impacts associated with possible wind energy-related leasing and grant
issuance, site assessment, and site characterization activities on the
U.S. Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Oregon. This notice
of extension of the comment period for the notice of availability (NOA)
announces the end of the extended comment period, as well as the dates
and times for public meetings on the draft EA. After BOEM holds public
meetings and addresses public comments submitted during the review
period, BOEM will publish a final EA. The EA will inform BOEM's
decision on whether to issue wind energy leases and grants in the
Pacific wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Oregon.
DATES: BOEM published the Notice of Availability (NOA) for the EA on
May 1, 2024 at 89 FR 35220, and opened a public comment period through
May 31, 2024. BOEM is extending this public comment period to June 14,
2024, 8:59 p.m., Pacific time or 11:59 p.m., eastern time.
BOEM's virtual public meeting will be held on the following date at
the time indicated: Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 4 p.m., Pacific time.
Please go to <a href="https://www.boem.gov/oregonea">https://www.boem.gov/oregonea</a> for additional
information and updates. Meetings are open to the public and free to
attend.
ADDRESSES: The draft EA and detailed information about BOEM's actions
related to offshore wind energy planning in Oregon can be found on
BOEM's website at <a href="https://www.boem.gov/oregon">https://www.boem.gov/oregon</a>. Comments can be
submitted in any of the following ways:
<bullet> Through the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> web portal: Navigate to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for docket no. BOEM-2023-0065. Click on
the ``Comment'' button below the document link and follow online
instructions. Enter your information and comment, then click ``Submit
Comment.'' A commenter's checklist is available on the comment web
page;
<bullet> Orally during the public meetings identified in this
announcement; or
<bullet> In written form by mail or any other delivery service,
enclosed in an envelope labeled ``Oregon Wind Leasing EA'' and
addressed to Chief, Environmental Analysis Section, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, Camarillo, California Office, 760 Paseo Camarillo,
Suite 102, Camarillo, CA 93010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Gilbane, Chief, Environmental
Analysis Section, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo,
California Office, 760 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 102, Camarillo, CA 93010,
(805) 384-6387 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#402c2933216e27292c22212e2500222f252d6e272f36"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="137f7a60723d747a7f71727d7653717c767e3d747c65">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments already submitted in response to
the May 1, 2024, NOA do not need to be resubmitted. BOEM discourages
the submittal of anonymous comments.
Please refer to the NOA published in the Federal Register (89 FR
35220) on May 1, 2024, for further information.
Please include your name and address as part of your comment. BOEM
makes all comments in their entirety, including the names and addresses
of respondents, available for public review online and during regular
business hours. You may request that BOEM withhold your name, address,
or any other personal identifiable information (PII) included in your
comment from the public record. However, BOEM cannot guarantee that it
will be able to do so. If you wish your name, address, or other PII to
be withheld, you must state your request prominently in a cover letter
and explain the harm that you fear from its disclosure such as
unwarranted privacy invasion, embarrassment, or injury. All submissions
from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses will be made available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Even if BOEM withholds your PII in the context of this notice, your
comment is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C.
552). Your information will only be withheld if a determination is made
that one of the FOIA exemptions to disclosure applies. Such a
determination will be made in accordance with the Department's FOIA
implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and applicable law.
BOEM protects business confidential information in accordance with
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of the
Interior's implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2 and 30 CFR part
585).
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq. (NEPA, as amended) and 40 CFR
1506.6.
Douglas Boren,
Regional Director, Camarillo, California Office, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
[FR Doc. 2024-12022 Filed 5-30-24; 8:45 am]
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