Officials from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) will host officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) at public information sessions this week.
The purpose of the sessions is to provide information on the status and next steps for the BOEMRE leasing process of areas of federal waters south of Massachusetts for the development of offshore wind projects. Sessions will include presentations from EEA the and BOEMRE followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.
A meeting will be held on June 7 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Fairfield Inn in New Bedford; on June 8 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the EEA offices in Boston; and on June 9 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Katharine Cornell Theatre on Martha's Vineyard.
