Interior Department, Ocean Energy Management Bureau
This final sale notice (FSN) contains information pertaining to the areas available for commercial wind power leasing during Pacific Wind Lease Sale 2 (PACW-2) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Oregon. Specifically, this FSN details certain provisions and conditions of the leases, auction details, the lease form, criteria for evaluating competing bids, and procedures for award, appeal, and lease execution. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer two lease areas using an ascending clock auction with multiple-factor bidding: Lease OCS-P 0566 and Lease OCS-P 0567 (Lease Areas). Bidders will be subject to a `one-per-customer' rule, as explained below. The Lease Areas are in the previously identified wind energy areas (WEAs) Brookings and Coos Bay. The issuance of any lease resulting from this sale will not constitute approval of project-specific plans to develop offshore wind energy. If submitted by the lessee, such plans, will be subject to environmental, technical, and public reviews prior to a BOEM decision on whether the proposed activity should be authorized.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [Docket No. BOEM-2024-0042] AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior. ACTION: Final sale notice. SUMMARY: This final sale notice (FSN) contains information pertaining to the areas available for commercial wind power leasing during Pacific Wind Lease Sale 2 (PACW-2) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Oregon. Specifically, this FSN details certain provisions and conditions of the leases, auction details, the lease form, criteria for evaluating competing bids, and procedures for award, appeal, and lease execution. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer two lease areas using an ascending clock auction with multiple-factor bidding: Lease OCS-P 0566 and Lease OCS-P 0567 (Lease Areas). Bidders will be subject to a `one-per-customer' rule, as explained below. The Lease Areas are in the previously identified wind energy areas (WEAs) Brookings and Coos Bay. The issuance of any lease resulting from this sale will not constitute approval of project-specific plans to develop offshore wind energy. If submitted by the lessee, such plans, will be subject to environmental, technical, and public reviews prior to a BOEM decision on whether the proposed activity should be authorized. DATES: BOEM will hold an online mock auction for potential bidders starting at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT)/10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on October 10, 2024. The monetary auction will be held online and will begin at 7…
Citation: 89 FR 71398
