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BOEM sounds California call

By: James Bernthal-Hooker 29/07/2021 BOEM

General Windfarms

The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has made its next move towards bringing offshore wind to California. BOEM has made two announcements, each relating to a different area offshore the Golden State.

The first concerns a Call for Information and Nominations, which the bureau will publish to request information from the public and determine industry interest in the Morro Bay Call Area East and West Extensions. These are new additions to the Morro Bay 399 area, which were not included in the original 2018 announcements but were announced earlier this year.

The Morro Bay Call Area East and West Extensions are off the central coast of California, and consist of approximately 141 square statute miles (90,025 acres). BOEM will publish the Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Morro Bay, California, East and West Extensions – Call for Information and Nominations in the Federal Register today (29^th July 2021), initiating a 45-day public comment period.

The second announcement is that BOEM has formally designated the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA) offshore northern California and will now proceed with an environmental review of this area, as required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

This WEA, offshore Humboldt County in northern California, is nearly 132,369 acres (206.8 square miles) in size. The environmental assessment will consider the potential environmental consequences of site characterization and assessment activities, and will consider project easements associated with each potential lease issued, as well as grants for subsea cable corridors through state tidelands.

“Today’s announcement builds on an earlier agreement between the White House, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Defense, and the state of California to advance areas for offshore wind off the northern and central coasts of California,” said Amanda Lefton, BOEM Director. “If approved for offshore wind energy development, these areas could bring us closer to reaching this administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.”

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