BOEM continues to accept online comments during the shutdown.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will be postponing public meetings on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind project.
In a December 26 notice, BOEM stated the following:
“If the federal government shutdown ends by the morning of January 7, 2019, the meetings scheduled for January 8, 9, and 15 to 17 will occur as scheduled. If the federal government shutdown continues into the morning of January 7, the meetings scheduled for January 8 and 9 will be rescheduled. If the federal government shutdown continues into the morning of January 14, the meetings scheduled for January 15 to 17 will be rescheduled.”
Vineyard Wind encourages the public to submit comments online for both the BOEM Draft Environmental Impact Statement. In addition, the Final Environmental Impact Report submitted to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office.
Instructions to submit comment can be found here.
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