83 FR 26707 - Request for Feedback on BOEM's Proposed Path Forward for Future Offshore Renewable Energy Leasing on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 111 (June 8, 2018)

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a Request for Feedback (RFF) in the Federal Register on April 6, 2018, seeking public input on its proposed path forward and factors affecting future renewable leasing offshore the United States Atlantic Coast. That notice had a comment period deadline of May 21, 2018. Several stakeholders have contacted BOEM and requested additional time to submit a comment. BOEM is reopening the comment period.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 26707]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12316]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2018-0018]


Request for Feedback on BOEM's Proposed Path Forward for Future 
Offshore Renewable Energy Leasing on the Atlantic Outer Continental 
Shelf

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Request for feedback, reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a Request 
for Feedback (RFF) in the Federal Register on April 6, 2018, seeking 
public input on its proposed path forward and factors affecting future 
renewable leasing offshore the United States Atlantic Coast. That 
notice had a comment period deadline of May 21, 2018. Several 
stakeholders have contacted BOEM and requested additional time to 
submit a comment. BOEM is reopening the comment period.

DATES: All comments submitted in response to this RFF and extension 
must be received by BOEM no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on July 
5, 2018. BOEM will consider submissions sent by mail as long as they 
are postmarked by the last day of the comment period.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted in one of the two following 
ways:
    1. Electronically: http://www.regulations.gov. In the entry 
entitled, ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' search for BOEM-2018-0018. Follow 
the instructions to submit public comments in response to this 
document.
    2. Written Comments: In written form, delivered by hand or by mail, 
enclosed in an envelope labeled, ``Comments on Request for Feedback'' 
to: Office of Renewable Energy Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OREP, Sterling, Virginia 20166.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Browning, BOEM Office of 
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-OREP, Sterling, 
Virginia 20166, (703) 787-1577 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: This notice is published pursuant to subsection 8(p) of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)), 
added by section 388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the 
implementing regulations at 30 CFR 585.116.
    Background and Purpose: The RFF seeks input from stakeholders 
regarding areas where offshore wind development offshore the United 
States Atlantic Coast may or may not be appropriate, and what factors 
BOEM should consider in the early stages of its future planning 
processes in that area. The RFF, described in detail in the Federal 
Register (83 FR 14881 (April 6, 2018)), had an initial comment deadline 
of May 21, 2018, but several stakeholders have requested additional 
time to comment. BOEM agrees that it would be helpful in this instance 
to reopen the comment period through July 5, 2018.
    Protection of Privileged or Confidential Information: BOEM will 
protect privileged or confidential information that you submit, as 
provided in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Exemption 4 of FOIA 
applies to trade secrets and confidential commercial or financial 
information. If you wish to protect the confidentiality of such 
information, clearly mark it and request that BOEM treat it as 
confidential. BOEM will not disclose such information, except as 
provided in FOIA. Please label privileged or confidential commercial 
information ``Contains Confidential Information'' and consider 
submitting such information as a separate attachment.
    BOEM will not treat as confidential any aggregate summaries or 
portions of comments not containing such information. Additionally, 
BOEM may not treat as confidential the legal title of the commenting 
entity (e.g., the name of your company). Information that is not 
labeled as privileged or confidential may be regarded by BOEM as 
suitable for public release.

    Dated: June 4, 2018.
Walter D. Cruickshank,
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-12316 Filed 6-7-18; 8:45 am]
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