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Sub title Statement from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management In compliance with congressional direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has accepted 307 …
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Pursuant to section 50264(b) of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Pub. L. No. 117-169), Congress has directed BOEM to award leases to the highest valid bidders in Lease Sale 257, which was held on November 17, 2021. Consistent with…
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is partnering with HeroX, a leading platform for crowdsourced solutions, to launch its newest crowdsourcing challenge, Better Call Trawl. The focus of the challenge is to better understand…
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As a reminder, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will host a virtual opportunity to provide oral testimony on the Proposed Program and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the National Outer Continental…
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would like to invite you to our 28th Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting (ITM) on September 12-14, 2022. The Gulf of Mexico ITM began in 1980 for BOEM scientists to share their ideas,…
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Dear Stakeholder: This is a reminder that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is hosting a live virtual open house meeting on: •    Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, from 8:00 – 10:00 pm (EDT). On July 1, 2022, the Department of the…
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Sub title Proposed project could power more than 300,000 homes per year The Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) today announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for…
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BOEM’s regulations, as outlined in 30 CFR § 550.125 and 30 CFR § 556.106, provide the authority for BOEM to periodically adjust certain fees for services. BOEM is adjusting its service fees to reflect inflation since 2013.  BOEM is…
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Dear Stakeholder: On July 1, 2022, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the availability of the Proposed Program for the 2023-2028 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, as well as the Draft Programmatic…
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Date: Thursday, August 18, 2022Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON — As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Department of the Interior today…
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On July 20, the Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy (BOEM) is seeking public input on the identification of two potential wind energy areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The…
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On July 15, 2022, BOEM published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for potential future offshore wind energy development in the New York (NY) Bight in the Federal Register, which…
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