Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 10 for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the U.S. Central Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf-Final Sale Notice

Issuing agencies

Abstract

This Final Sale Notice (FSN) contains information pertaining to the areas available for commercial wind power leasing during Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 10 (ATLW-10) on the U.S. Central Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Specifically, this FSN details certain provisions and conditions of the leases, auction details, the lease form, criteria for evaluating competing bids, and procedures for award, appeal, and lease execution. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer two leases for sale using an ascending clock auction with multiple-factor bidding: Lease OCS-A 0557 and Lease OCS-A 0558 (Lease Areas). Bidders will be subject to a `one-per-customer' rule, as explained below. BOEM will use new auction software for the lease sale, resulting in minor changes to the auction rules. The Lease Areas are in the previously identified wind energy areas (WEAs) A-2 and C-1, offshore the States of Delaware and Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The issuance of any lease resulting from this sale will not constitute approval of project-specific plans to develop offshore wind energy. Such plans, if submitted by the Lessee, will be subject to environmental, technical, and public reviews prior to a BOEM decision on whether the proposed activity should be authorized.