February 4, 2025

BOEM Contact:

Alison Ferris

Virtual Public Meetings Cancelled for Vineyard Mid-Atlantic

Offshore Wind Project

Dear Stakeholder,

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Construction and Operations Plan submitted by Vineyard Mid-Atlantic, LLC. The publication of the NOI opened a 45-day public comment period.

The Department of the Interior and BOEM are implementing President Trump’s memorandum temporarily halting offshore wind leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf. The memorandum also pauses new or renewed approvals, rights-of-way, permits, leases, or loans for offshore wind projects pending a review of federal wind leasing and permitting practices.

As a result, the February virtual public meetings on BOEM’s NOI to prepare an EIS for the proposed Vineyard Mid-Atlantic Project have been cancelled.

For those who intended to provide public comment, written comments can still be submitted at www.regulations.gov under Docket No. BOEM-2025-0002 until the public comment period closes on March 3rd, 2025.

For more information about the Vineyard Mid-Atlantic project, visit BOEM’s website.