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News Items

2025

August 2025

08/04/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Rescinds Offshore Renewable Energy Leasing Schedule

July 2025

07/30/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Rescinds Designated Wind Energy Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf

April 2025

04/29/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Revises Outer Continental Shelf Planning Areas to Address Jurisdictional Changes

04/29/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Seeks Public Comment for Eleventh National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program

March 2025

03/12/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM’s Draft Finding for Passive Acoustic Monitoring Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Now Available

February 2025

02/20/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Rescinds Expanded Rice’s Whale Protection Efforts

02/04/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

Virtual Public Meetings Cancelled for Vineyard Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Project

January 2025

01/28/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

POSTPONED: Public Meetings on Draft Environmental Review of Potential Mitigation of Future Development of Wind Lease Areas Offshore California

01/16/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Finalizes Fisheries Mitigation Guidance

01/16/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

Reminder: Public Meetings on Draft Environmental Review of Potential Mitigation of Future Development of Wind Lease Areas Offshore California

01/13/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

Reminder: BOEM to Hold Public Meetings on Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

01/10/2025 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Adjusts Monetary Penalties for Oil and Gas Companies

2024

November 2024

11/25/2024 | Note to Stakeholders

You’re Invited: BOEM’s Marine Minerals Program 2024 Gulf of Mexico Offshore Sand Management Working Group Meeting

11/07/2024 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Now Accepting Environmental Study Ideas for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027

October 2024

10/31/2024 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM National Studies List for Fiscal Year 2025 Now Available

10/16/2024 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM 2023 Environmental Studies Year in Review Report Now Available

September 2024

09/16/2024 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM’s Marine Minerals Information System (MMIS) Data Viewer Is Relocating

09/03/2024 | Note to Stakeholders

You're Invited: BOEM Central Atlantic Public Meetings

09/03/2024 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM’s Marine Cadastre Portal Updated

August 2024

08/29/2024 | Note to Stakeholders

BOEM Updates Service Fee Schedule