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Opinion: Responsible Offshore Development Alliance Statement on Vineyard Wind Federal Review Process

August 14, 2019   New England

In light of the recent decision by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to perform a cumulative impacts analysis regarding the proposed Vineyard Wind project, and the recently released communications between that agency and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), RODA would like to clarify certain statements and representations.  >click to read< 08:27

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