The meetings will be held in Honolulu (19 July), Waianae (20 July) and Waialua (21 July) – all located on Oahu.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), an agency of the federal Department of the Interior, is accepting public comments through 8 August on its designation of two areas off the coast of Oahu for potential commercial energy development.

The areas are the 240-sq-mile (621.6sq