US: BOEM releases draft environmental analysis of the proposed South Fork Wind Farm
07 Jan 2021
America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that it will publish a draft environmental analysis of the proposed
South Fork Wind Farm and is requesting public comment. The draft environmental analysis, referred to as the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action described in the South Fork Wind Construction and Operations Plan and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. BOEM remains committed to a permitting process that reduces potential conflicts with other important uses of the ocean, such as fishing, while establishing a strong foundation for wind projects moving forward,
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The U.S. Department of the Interior has issued a record of decision allowing the Converse County Oil and Gas Project to move forward.
The decision paves the way for 5,000 new oil and gas wells to be drilled, though not immediately. Construction and development will require site-specific review and approval.
The record of decision will allow the new wells to be drilled on 1,500 multi-well pads across 1.5 million acres over a period of 10 years. The total estimated new surface disturbance for the proposed action would be about 53,000 acres of 3.5 percent of the project area. The action also specifies year-round development with exceptions to time limitation restrictions that serve to protect non-eagle raptors.
BLM Wyoming issues decision for Converse County Oil and Gas Project
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management issued a decision that could generate billions of dollars for the American public and will strengthen domestic energy production and independence. The Record of Decision for the Converse County Oil and Gas Project allows the development of up to 5,000 new oil and natural gas wells within a 1.5 million-acre project area in Converse County, Wyoming, over the life of the project.
“Today’s announcement aligns with the Department’s commitment to responsibly developing our nation’s vast energy resources,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Casey Hammond. “Projects like this strengthen the energy independence of the United States while creating jobs and fostering economic development.”
Few American cities do as well as Chicago has done in terms of providing rapid transit service that covers the city like a blanket; only New York and Washington have systems that provide coverage that’s as dense or denser. But the blanket has some holes in it.
The just-passed (but not yet signed by the president) coronavirus relief bill offers assistance to transit agencies struggling to avoid slashing service in the face of continued low ridership. That assistance will come a little too late to keep the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) from going ahead with previously announced service cuts that even its own advisory board objected to, but in response to those objections, the cuts the agency approved aren’t as big as they originally were to have been.