[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 137 (Monday, July 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 35204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17163]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Applications for Renewable Energy Leases and Grants and Alternate
Use Grants on the Outer Continental Shelf
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides office addresses for filing applications
for renewable energy leases and grants on the Outer Continental Shelf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen A. Bornholdt, Program Manager,
Office of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs, 703-787-1300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On April 22, 2009, President Obama announced that the Department of
the Interior finalized the framework for renewable energy production on
the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). A final rule, published in the
Federal Register on April 29, 2009 (74 FR 19638), established a program
to grant leases, rights-of-use and easements (RUEs), and rights-of-way
(ROWs) for orderly, safe, and environmentally responsible renewable
energy activities, such as the siting and construction of offshore wind
farms, on the OCS.
Applications for renewable energy leases, RUEs and ROWs and
alternate use RUEs on the OCS are to be filed with the appropriate MMS
Office as outlined in the following table.
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Project location by state
(offshore) Filing address
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Delaware................... Office of Offshore Alternative
Energy Programs, Minerals
Management Service, Mail Stop
4090, 381 Elden Street, Herndon,
Virginia 20170-4817 Phone: 703-
787-1300.
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Maine
Maryland
Rhode Island
Virginia
Alabama.................... Minerals Management Service, Gulf
of Mexico OCS Regional Office,
Attn: Renewable Energy Program,
Lease Applications--Mail Stop
5400, RUEs--Mail Stop 5231, ROWs--
Mail Stop 5232, 1201 Elmwood Park
Blvd, New Orleans, Louisiana
70123, Phone: 800-200-GULF.
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Texas
California................. Minerals Management Service,
Pacific OCS Regional Office, Mail
Stop 7000, 770 Paseo Camarillo,
2nd Floor, Camarillo, California
93010, Phone: 800-672-2627.
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington
Alaska..................... Minerals Management Service,
Alaska OCS Regional Office, Mail
Stop 8200, Centerpoint Building,
3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite
500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503,
Phone: 907-334-5200.
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Dated: June 23, 2009.
Chris C. Oynes,
Associate Director for Offshore Energy and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. E9-17163 Filed 7-17-09; 8:45 am]
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