Courtesy of US Wind:

Last Friday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released their Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for our projects. The DEIS is BOEM’s assessment of the potential biological, socioeconomic, physical, and cultural impacts that could result from construction, operation, and decommissioning of our projects. It evaluates a number of scenarios, including “no action (i.e., disapprove the projects),” “proposed action (approve our plan according to our recommended approach),” and several alternatives approaches that were conceived during the public scoping process last year.

BOEM will commence a 45-day public comment period this Friday that will include four public meetings in the second half of October. Two are in person, and two are online:

• In-Person public meetings:
  • Tues., Oct. 24, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. - Ocean City Elementary, 12828 Center Dr, Ocean City, MD 21842
  • Thu., Oct. 26, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.  - Indian River High School, 29772 Armory Rd, Dagsboro, DE 19939 

• Virtual public meetings:
  • Thu., Oct. 19, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. 
  • Mon., Oct. 30, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. 

BOEM’s page for the US Wind project can be found here: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/e5f01927/VULg0nuZeEedy3vlY-OFAg?u=https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maryland-offshore-wind

The DEIS can be found here: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/49f1987a/z47cpYFdo06E7P_5gs2N9w?u=https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maryland-offshore-wind-draft-environmental-impact-statement-eis

US Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan can be found here: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/438bce8e/kTzgvW4Dik_1rKLalRVOrg?u=https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maryland-offshore-wind-construction-and-operations-plan