MMS Requests Comments on New Lease Form
for Offshore Alternative Energy Activities
WASHINGTON
– The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service
(MMS) is requesting comments on a new lease form through which MMS
would authorize and convey limited-term rights to conduct alternative
energy data collection and/or technology testing activities on the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
On November 5, 2007, MMS announced
the establishment of an interim policy on Offshore Alternative Energy
Resource Assessment and Technology Testing Activities, for which the
new lease form was developed.
Under the interim policy, MMS may
issue limited-term leases authorizing data collection and technology
testing subject to compliance with all relevant Federal statutes. The
interim policy will be in effect until MMS issues final rules for the
Alternative Energy and Alternate Use (AEAU) program, which will
regulate all program activities from that point forward. The Energy
Policy Act of 2005 authorized MMS to establish the AEAU Program.
Form MMS-0001, Lease of Submerged
Lands for Alternative Energy Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS), can be viewed in today’s Federal Register as part of
MMS Information Collection Activity: NEW Information Collection;
Lease of Submerged Lands for Alternative Energy Activities on the OCS;
Comment Request. MMS will accept comments on the form and the
data collection associated with it for the next 60 days through the
following methods:
Mail: Minerals Management Service
Attention: Cheryl Blundon
381 Elden Street, MS-4024
Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817
Please reference “Information
Collection 1010-NEW” in your comments.
Electronically: go to
Regulations.Gov, select
“Minerals Management Service” from the agency drop-down menu, then
click “submit.” In the Docket ID column, select MMS-2007-OEMM-0072 to
submit public comments and to view any supporting and related
materials available.
Media Contact:
Nicolette Nye 703-787-1011
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