BOEM

On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a rule aimed at protecting archaeological resources from impacts of activities conducted on the Outer Continental Shelf. The…

On January 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a proposed renewable energy modernization rule. BOEM’s regulations have not been updated since 2009. The proposed rule aims to…

On October 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published two proposed guidance documents pertaining to the requirements that lessees must include in their offshore wind construction and…

On October 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the formation of a National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) standing committee on offshore wind energy…

On June 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a proposed guidance for mitigating the impacts of offshore wind energy on fisheries. On August 22, 2022, Advocacy filed public…

On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft fisheries mitigation guidance. Renewable energy lessees are required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to submit…

On April 6, 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published a draft environmental assessment for the Morro Bay Offshore Wind Energy Area. On May 16, 2022, Advocacy filed a public comment letter on the assessment stating that…

On April 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft environmental assessment that analyzes the potential impacts from future offshore wind commercial leasing activities, and…

The Office of Advocacy will host a roundtable to discuss the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) request for comments on the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area Draft Environmental Assessment. On…

On November 23, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a notice of proposed rulemaking to repeal the 2020 final Alaska Roadless Rule. The 2020 final rule exempted the Tongass National Forest from the requirements of the 2001…