The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced the completion of its Environmental Assessment of the potential impacts of issuing wind energy leases in ~800,000 acres in the New York Bight and its decision to issue a Finding of No Significant Impact.
BOEM Director Amanda Lefton called the decision “an important step forward in advancing the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of increasing renewable energy development on federal lands and waters” and said that BOEM is “focused on ensuring that any development in the New York Bight is done responsibly and in a way that avoids or minimizes impacts to the ocean and other ocean users in the region.”
