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Release: #3812
Date: April 30, 2008

 MMS Makes Technical Correction to Alternative Energy Federal Register Notice

Revises Table and Extends Comment Period

WASHINGTON The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service today issued a technical correction to the Federal Register Notice Link to a site outside of MMS.GOV.concerning Proposed Limited Alternative Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and Initiation of Coordination and Consultation.

The correction revises the table identifying proposed lease areas for alternative energy resource data collection and technology testing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).  A link to the notice can be found online Link to a site outside of MMS.GOV..  The official protraction diagrams that show where the blocks in the below table are located are also available online.  

The agency issued a Federal Register Notice Link to a site outside of MMS.GOV. Friday, April 18 that provided details about the designation of five areas on the Outer Continental Shelf as priority areas for alternative energy limited leasing in federal waters. Individuals or organizations with competitive interest will have 30 days from today to provide comments, and the agency will accept public comments on the proposed lease areas for 60 days. 
 

Adjacent State

Official Protraction Diagram

Block(s)

Resource

1.  New Jersey

Hudson Canyon NJ 18-03

6451

Wind

 

2.  New Jersey

Wilmington NJ 18-02  

6936

Wind

3.  New Jersey

Wilmington NJ 18-02

7131

Wind

4.  New Jersey

Wilmington NJ 18-02                          

6931

Wind

 

5.  New Jersey

Wilmington NJ 18-02  

6738   

Wind

6.  New Jersey

Wilmington NJ 18-02

7033

Wind

7.  Delaware

Salisbury NJ 18-05

6325

Wind

8.  Georgia

Brunswick NH 17-02

6074

Wind

9.  Georgia

Brunswick NH 17-02

6174

Wind

10.  Georgia

Brunswick NH 17-02

6126

Wind

11. Florida

Bahamas NG 17-06

7103

Current

12. Florida

West Palm Beach  NG 17-05

 

Bahamas NG 17-06

7040 and 7090

 

7001, 7002, 7003, 7004, 7005, 7006, 7007, 7051, 7052, 7053, 7054, 7055, 7056, 7057, 7104, 7105,  7106, and 7107

Current

13. Florida

Bahamas NG 17-06

6702, 6703, 6704, 6705, 6706, 6707, and 6708

Current

14. Florida

Miami NG 17-08

 

Bimini NG 17-09

6040

 

6001

Current

15. California

Ukiah NJ 10-02

6405, 6455, 6456, 6504, 6505, 6506, 6554, 6555, 6604, 6605, 6654, 6655,  6704, and 6705

Wave

16. California

Eureka NK 10-10

6031, 6032, 6033, 6080, 6081, 6082, 6083, 6130, 6131, 6132, 6133, 6179, 6180, 6181, 6182, 6229, 6230, 6231, 6232, 6279, 6280, 6281, 6330, and 6331

Wave

 

Contact:
    Gary Strasburg  202-208-3985

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