Smart from the Start

Salazar Launches 'Smart from the Start' Initiative to Speed Offshore Wind Energy Development off the Atlantic Coast (November 23, 2010)

Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Characterization Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts (192 KB PDF August 18, 2011)

New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia

	Comments received on the Draft Environmental Assessment
	Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Characterization Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia - Draft Environmental Assessment (5 MB PDF July 2011)
	Notice of the Availability of an Environmental Assessment: Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Characterization Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (184 KB PDF July 12 2011)
	Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (Mid-Atlantic Regional EA) (185.8 KB PDF February 9, 2011)

Map and GIS Shapefile of Wind Energy Areas:

	Map of Wind Energy Areas
	Atlantic OCS Wind Energy Areas Shapefile.zip (35.8 MB ZIP)
	AtlanticOCSWindEnergyAreasMetadata