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6.3 Considerations for Siting
During its May 2023 Gulf of Maine Task Force
meeting, BOEM outlined several considerations and references used to evaluate
siting during the transmission planning
phase. 53 BOEM’s considerations included
the OCSLA’s requirements of preventing
waste, conserving natural resources of the
outer continental shelf, and protecting the
environment, as well as BOEM’s interest in
minimizing conflict with other ocean users
and sensitive areas (e.g., fisheries, sand and
gravel resources, other cables, navigation).
BOEM also identified BOEM’s Offshore Wind
United States
Cable Spacing Guidance, Marine Cadastre,
and ocean data portals as key references
used when evaluating siting.
As part of their coordinated offshore wind
transmission efforts, the Department of
Energy and BOEM anticipate releasing a
recommendations report in 2023 for offshore wind transmission development in
the Atlantic. This report will address: the
areas of transmission planning and development; economics and policy; and siting and
permitting.
53 https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documents/renewable-energy/state-activities/Gange%20-%20Transmission%20-%20May%20
2023.pdf.
