[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 47175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12022]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2023-0065]


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment for 
Commercial Wind Lease Issuance on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf, 
Oregon; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Draft environmental assessment; extension of the comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces a two-
week extension of the comment period for the availability of a draft 
environmental assessment (EA) to consider the potential environmental 
impacts associated with possible wind energy-related leasing and grant 
issuance, site assessment, and site characterization activities on the 
U.S. Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Oregon. This notice 
of extension of the comment period for the notice of availability (NOA) 
announces the end of the extended comment period, as well as the dates 
and times for public meetings on the draft EA. After BOEM holds public 
meetings and addresses public comments submitted during the review 
period, BOEM will publish a final EA. The EA will inform BOEM's 
decision on whether to issue wind energy leases and grants in the 
Pacific wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Oregon.

DATES: BOEM published the Notice of Availability (NOA) for the EA on 
May 1, 2024 at 89 FR 35220, and opened a public comment period through 
May 31, 2024. BOEM is extending this public comment period to June 14, 
2024, 8:59 p.m., Pacific time or 11:59 p.m., eastern time.
    BOEM's virtual public meeting will be held on the following date at 
the time indicated: Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 4 p.m., Pacific time.
    Please go to https://www.boem.gov/oregonea for additional 
information and updates. Meetings are open to the public and free to 
attend.

ADDRESSES: The draft EA and detailed information about BOEM's actions 
related to offshore wind energy planning in Oregon can be found on 
BOEM's website at https://www.boem.gov/oregon. Comments can be 
submitted in any of the following ways:
     Through the regulations.gov web portal: Navigate to http://www.regulations.gov and search for docket no. BOEM-2023-0065. Click on 
the ``Comment'' button below the document link and follow online 
instructions. Enter your information and comment, then click ``Submit 
Comment.'' A commenter's checklist is available on the comment web 
page;
     Orally during the public meetings identified in this 
announcement; or
     In written form by mail or any other delivery service, 
enclosed in an envelope labeled ``Oregon Wind Leasing EA'' and 
addressed to Chief, Environmental Analysis Section, Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management, Camarillo, California Office, 760 Paseo Camarillo, 
Suite 102, Camarillo, CA 93010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Gilbane, Chief, Environmental 
Analysis Section, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Camarillo, 
California Office, 760 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 102, Camarillo, CA 93010, 
(805) 384-6387 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments already submitted in response to 
the May 1, 2024, NOA do not need to be resubmitted. BOEM discourages 
the submittal of anonymous comments.
    Please refer to the NOA published in the Federal Register (89 FR 
35220) on May 1, 2024, for further information.
    Please include your name and address as part of your comment. BOEM 
makes all comments in their entirety, including the names and addresses 
of respondents, available for public review online and during regular 
business hours. You may request that BOEM withhold your name, address, 
or any other personal identifiable information (PII) included in your 
comment from the public record. However, BOEM cannot guarantee that it 
will be able to do so. If you wish your name, address, or other PII to 
be withheld, you must state your request prominently in a cover letter 
and explain the harm that you fear from its disclosure such as 
unwarranted privacy invasion, embarrassment, or injury. All submissions 
from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.
    Even if BOEM withholds your PII in the context of this notice, your 
comment is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 
552). Your information will only be withheld if a determination is made 
that one of the FOIA exemptions to disclosure applies. Such a 
determination will be made in accordance with the Department's FOIA 
implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and applicable law.
    BOEM protects business confidential information in accordance with 
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of the 
Interior's implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2 and 30 CFR part 
585).
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq. (NEPA, as amended) and 40 CFR 
1506.6.

Douglas Boren,
Regional Director, Camarillo, California Office, Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management.
[FR Doc. 2024-12022 Filed 5-30-24; 8:45 am]
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