Maine Delegation, Gov. Mills asks BOEM to listen to fishermen, remove LMA1 from wind power planning
U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Representative Jared Golden along with Senator Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Governor Janet Mills are calling on the Biden Administration to include the views of Maine fishing communities in proposals for leasing commercial offshore wind areas in the Gulf Of Maine. In a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Maine leaders request that any wind development avoid key lobstering areas and urge the Bureau to “minimize all potential conflicts” between offshore wind and the fishing industry. This letter is in response to the publication (PDF) of the Gulf of Maine’s Call for Information and Nominations (Call), according to a news release from the office of Sen. Angus King. The Call invites public comment on, and assesses interest in, possible commercial wind energy development in areas offshore Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. (link to the letter is on the page) >click to read< 16:44
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