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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14681-14682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6167]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

[Docket No. BOEM-2010-0063]

Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf 
(OCS) Offshore Massachusetts--Request for Interest; Reopening of the 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement 
(BOEMRE), Interior.

ACTION: Request for Interest (RFI) in Commercial Wind Energy Leasing 
Offshore Massachusetts and Invitation for Comments from Interested and 
Affected Parties; Reopening of the Comment Period

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and 
Enforcement (BOEMRE) is reopening the comment period on the RFI in 
Commercial Wind Energy Leasing Offshore Massachusetts and Invitation 
for Comments from Interested and Affected Parties.

DATES: BOEMRE must receive your submission indicating your interest in 
this potential commercial leasing area no later than April 18, 2011 for 
your submission to be considered. BOEMRE requests comments or other 
submissions of information by this same date. We will consider only the 
indications of interest we receive by that time.
    Submission Procedures: You may submit your indications of interest, 
comments, and information by one of two methods:
    1. Electronically: http://www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled 
``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BOEM-2010-0063, then click ``Search''. 
Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view supporting 
and related materials available for this request for information.
    2. By mail, sending your indications of interest, comments, and 
information to the following address: Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Office of Offshore Alternative 
Energy Programs, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 4090, Herndon, Virginia 
20170.
    BOEMRE will post all comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Bradley, Renewable Energy 
Program Specialist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and 
Enforcement, Office of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs, 381 Elden 
Street, Mail Stop 4090, Herndon, Virginia 20170, (703) 787-1300.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: On December 29, 2010, BOEMRE 
published in the Federal Register the RFI in Commercial Wind Energy 
Leasing Offshore Massachusetts inviting submissions describing 
commercial leasing interest and providing comments and information 
pertaining to the RFI area (75 FR 82055). The RFI, requested 
submissions by February 28, 2011.
    Because of requests received from the public and the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, we are hereby reopening the comment period until 
April 18, 2011. As stated in the RFI published December 29, 2010, 
BOEMRE will use the responses to this RFI to gauge specific interest in 
commercial development of OCS wind resources in the area described, as 
required by 43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(3). Parties wishing to obtain a 
commercial lease for a wind energy project should submit detailed and 
specific information as described in the section entitled, ``Required 
Indication of Interest Information.'' Also, with this announcement, 
BOEMRE invites all interested and affected parties to comment and 
provide information--including information about multiple uses of the 
area, environmental issues and data--that will be useful in the 
consideration of the RFI area for commercial wind energy leasing. 
Please refer to the RFI, published in the Federal Register on December 
29, 2010, (75 FR 82055) for further information. Comments already 
submitted on the RFI need not be resubmitted.

    Dated: March 8, 2011.
Michael R. Bromwich,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and 
Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2011-6167 Filed 3-16-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P
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