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Regulatory Development, Policy and Guidelines

Federal Register Notices and other relevant regulatory documents related to the national OCS Renewable Energy Program, including the Cape Wind Project, are provided at the links below.

Additional Federal Register Notices related to BOEMRE Offshore initiatives are available on the BOEMRE Offshore Federal Register Notice web site.

Guidelines to Lessees, Operators and Applicants

BOEMRE has developed the following guidelines for renewable energy activities on the OCS. These informal documents are intended to provide lessees, operators and developers with the following:

bullet additional information, clarification, description, or interpretation of a regulation, OCS standard or regional requirement;
 
bullet a better understanding of the scope and meaning of a regulation by explaining BOEMRE interpretation of a requirement;
 
bullet guidelines on the implementation of a special lease stipulation or regional requirement; or
 
bullet updated administrative information such as current telephone listings and a change in BOEMRE personnel or office address.
 
bullet What renewable energy activities on the OCS require authorization? (11-27-2009, 15.7 KB PDF)
 
bullet Guidelines for the Minerals Management Service Renewable Energy Framework (07-2009, 1.38 KB PDF)
 
bullet Filing Addresses for Renewable Energy Lease and Grant Requests (11-01-2010, 8.07 KB PDF)
 
bullet Guidelines for Information Requirements for a Renewable Energy Construction and Operations Plan (COP) (12-17-2010, 205 KB PDF)
 
bullet Guidelines for Providing Geological and Geophysical, Hazards, and Archaeological Information Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 285 (04-21-2011; 84.09 KB PDF)
 
bullet Qualification Guidelines to Acquire and Hold Renewable Energy Leases and Grants and Alternate Use Grants on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (03-01-2011, 38.44 KB PDF)
 
bullet Notices to Lessees clarify, describe, or interpret OCS regulations or standards.

Interim Policy

bullet What is the Interim Policy?
 
bullet Technical Correction to Notice of Nominations Received and Proposed Limited Renewable Energy Leases (63.16 KB PDF; 04/30/08)
 
bullet Notice of Nominations Received and Proposed Limited Renewable Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and Initiation of Coordination and Consultation (64.39 KB PDF; 04/18/08)
 
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Proposed Lease Areas off California (142.76 KB PDF)

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Proposed Lease Area off Delaware (1,062.63 KB PDF)

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Proposed Lease Areas off Florida (1,308.57 KB PDF)

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Proposed Lease Areas off Georgia (1,793.78 KB PDF)

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Proposed Lease Areas off New Jersey (1,338.36 KB PDF)
 

bullet Request for Information and Nominations Notice (59.78 KB PDF; 11/6/07)
 
bullet Notice of Intent: BOEMRE to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Marine Hydrokinetic Technology Testing Offshore Florida (192.51 KB PDF)

Lease Forms

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Revised Lease Form and Information Collection Notice (1 MB PDF; 04/21/08)

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Lease Form and Information Collection Notice (79.89 KB PDF; 12/14/07)

Administrative Forms

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Form MMS-0002—Assignment of Grant (42 KB PDF)

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Form MMS-0003—Assignment of Interest in Lease (22 KB PDF)

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Form MMS-0004—Lease or Grant Relinquishment Application (41 KB PDF)

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Form MMS-0005—Lessee’s, Grantee’s, and Operator’s Bond (85 KB PDF)

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Form MMS-0006—Designation of Operator (40 KB PDF)

Programmatic EIS (all Exit Disclaimer)

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Record of Decision for the Final PEIS (01/10/08)

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Notice of Availability of Final PEIS (11/6/07)

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Final PEIS (11/5/07)

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Notice of Availability of Draft PEIS (03/21/07)

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Draft PEIS (03/21/07)

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Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare PEIS (05/5/06)

Rules Development

bullet Renewable Energy Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf–Acquire a Lease Noncompetitively Direct Final Rule (64.76 KB PDF, 11/26/2010)
 
bullet Proposed Rule: Renewable Energy and Alternate Use of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf (1 MB PDF; 07/09/08)
 
bullet Draft Environmental Assessment Corresponding to the Proposed Rule (48.74 KB PDF; 07/09/08)
 
bullet Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Assessment (EA) (48.74 KB PDF; 02/26/08)
 
bullet Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (58.15 KB PDF; 12/30/05)
 
bullet Energy Policy Act of 2005 (2.47 MB PDF; 08/8/05)
 
bullet Section 388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (36.35 KB PDF; 08/8/05)