[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 26707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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