Ocean Policy Notices and Events
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Distribution Topics:
1. Ocean Policy Advisory Council Meeting Notice, June 14, 2024
2. Oregon SeaGrant Webinar on Offshore Wind Energy Community Benefit Agreements, June 14, 2024
3. Ongoing: DLCD Hosting Coastal Community Meetings on Proposed Offshore Wind Leases
1. Ocean Policy Advisory Council Meeting, June 14, 2024
The Ocean Policy Advisory Council will host a virtual meeting on Friday, June 14, 2024 from 8:30AM to 12:00PM on the topic of offshore wind energy.
View the Draft Meeting Agenda
Sign up to participate at the Zoom Registration Link
Meeting Materials are posted online at https://www.oregonocean.info/
Contact: Andy Lanier, Andy.Lanier@dlcd.oregon.gov
2. Oregon Sea Grant webinar on offshore wind community benefit agreements, June 14, 2024
Oregon Sea Grant is hosting a webinar and discussion about offshore wind community benefit agreements on Friday, June 14th, 2024 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM PST.
The goal of this webinar is to increase participants’ understanding of community benefit agreements (CBAs) and their relevance to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) offshore wind bidding, leasing, and development process. The presentations and discussion will offer insights specific to BOEM’s offshore wind activities in Oregon, including an overview of the CBA terms included as potential bidding credits in BOEM’s proposed sale notice for Oregon wind energy lease areas.
During this webinar, we will hear presentations from Matilda Kreider from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Katherine Hoff from University of California - Berkeley, Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment. Kreider and Hoff will share their knowledge of community benefit agreements from various renewable energy projects, including but not limited to offshore wind, from around the U.S. and in California.
The webinar will begin with brief introductions from Oregon Sea Grant, followed by two ~20 minute presentations from each guest speaker. Presentations will be followed by an hour-long question-and-answer discussion where participants will be encouraged to ask questions on the topic.
Use the following link to register: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpceqtrz8qE9xtSq6U0HFARqGCJYPEB-lv#/registration
Information on how to join the Zoom meeting will be sent to participants following registration. This webinar will also be recorded and posted. Registration will not be required to access the webinar recording at a later date.
Contact: Sara Swett, sara.swett@oregonstate.edu
3. DLCD Hosting Coastal Community Meetings on Proposed Offshore Wind Leases
The Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) will be hosting a series of community meetings along the Oregon coast related to a proposal by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to lease areas of the ocean off Oregon’s coast to explore possibilities for wind energy development. DLCD has the opportunity to review BOEM's proposed leasing activities under the federal consistency provisions of the Coastal Zone Managmenet Act. In the review process, we consider feedback from community members.
The community meetings will be an opportunity to provide comments in person which will be recorded by staff. The meeting program is as follows:
- Open House 5:30 p.m.
- Presentations 6:00 p.m.
- Public Comment 6:30 p.m.
- Next Steps and Adjourn 8:00 p.m.
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DLCD Community Meetings
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Time
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Location
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June 6, 2024 (Thursday)
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5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Siuslaw Middle School
2525 Oak St., Florence, OR 97439
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June 7, 2024 (Friday)
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5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Newport High School
322 NE Eads St., Newport, OR 97365
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The proposed BOEM leases would authorize companies to study the areas off Oregon’s coast for potential offshore wind energy development projects. After leases are granted, companies would perform activities in the ocean that may include placement of scientific buoys and collection of data about seafloor conditions, ocean habitats, and wildlife.
More information on the proposed leasing actions and the state's federal consistency review process can be found on the DLCD website. A recording of the public webinar is available to watch on the DLCD YouTube channel.
BOEM’s proposed leasing action is not a proposal to permit the construction of an offshore wind project. A BOEM decision whether to approve a Construction and Operations Plan for a wind energy facility would be subject to a separate federal consistency review by the state, after some years of additional site assessment and project design.
During the community meetings, OCMP staff will provide information about the proposed activities that are being reviewed and the applicable state policies and authorities related to a consistency review. Community members can provide comments on the consistency review during the 45-day comment period, which ends on June 15, 2024.
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