DOI seeks to auction the Wind Energy Area (WEA) as two leases: a South Lease Area comprising 160,480 acres and a North Lease Area covering 183,353 acres.
DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which would oversee a likely competitive auction, will public the Proposed Sale Notice in Federal Register on Monday.
This will open a 60-day public comment period ending on 19 September.
