BOEM has issued a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) to gauge the offshore wind industry’s interest in acquiring commercial wind leases in four areas offshore South Carolina, totaling more than 1,100 square miles on the Outer Continental Shelf, and to request comments regarding site conditions, resources and other uses in and near those areas. A map of the Call Areas can be found here.
In addition to the Call, BOEM issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA). Through the Notice of Intent (NOI), BOEM is seeking public comment for determining significant issues and alternatives to be analyzed in the EA, which will consider potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with issuing commercial wind leases and approving site assessment activities on the lease areas.
BOEM has scheduled the following public information meetings to provide additional opportunities for the public to comment on the Call and the NOI.
The Call and the NOI were published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2015, and BOEM will accept public comments for 60 days (ending on January 25, 2016) via the following:
In written form, deliver to:
For more information about offshore wind planning efforts for South Carolina click here.