The
department’s
Bureau
of
Ocean
Energy
Management
(BOEM)
cut
the
proposed
Wind
Energy
Area
to
742,974
acres
(3,006.7sq
km)
from
826,241
acres
(3,343.6sq
km)
earlier
this
year.
The
reconfigured
area
now
contains
117
whole
lease
blocks,
down
from
132,
and
19
partial
ones,
one
less
than
before.
BOEM
says
its
actions
were
in
response
to
the
fishing
industry
and
other
stakeholders
who
submitted
comments
and
concerns
after
the
agency
announced
in
February
the
location
of
the
earlier
area.
BOEM
excluded
blocks
with
a
large
concentration
of
sea
ducks
and
several
others…
