Update (7/12/24): An information session where the public can provide input will be held locally at Four Points by Sheraton in Eastham after the Select Board requested local public meetings in its June 28, 2024 public comment submitted to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

From BOEM (https://www.boem.gov/newsroom/notes-stakeholders/youre-invited-gulf-maine-proposed-sale-notice-psn-information-session):

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Division of Marine Fisheries are hosting a public information session with BOEM on the proposed offshore wind leasing activities in the Gulf of Maine.

Information Session – Eastham, Massachusetts

July 17, 2024   
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Eastern) 
Four Points by Sheraton, 3800 State Highway,   
Eastham, MA 02642  

At this information session BOEM will share information on the proposed Gulf of Maine leasing activities, including the recently published PSN and Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA). Members of the public will be able to provide input.

See the Town of Truro's June 28, 2024 Announcement below.

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The Town of Truro issued a public comment on June 28, 2024 to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) regarding the Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Area Proposed Sale Notice and the Draft Environmental Assessment urging BOEM to take two important measures:

1) extend the public comment period by 90 days for both the Proposed Sale Notice and the Draft Environmental Assessment and

2) hold at least two “open-house” style meetings on the Outer Cape to allow the public to talk with BOEM’s scientists and other personnel, was done in Portland, ME, Portsmouth, NH, and Danvers, MA.

TOWN OF TRURO'S COMMENT   Click on the letter to view larger.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION   For information about Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Project click here.

TAKE ACTION   Members of the public can submit their own comments during the public comment periods (expiring soon!) here (until July 1, 2024) and here (until July 22, 2024)