Renewable Energy ESA Consultations & Guidance

ESA consultation documents covering offshore wind activities in the Gulf of Mexico and Best Management Practices (BMPs) for site assessment and site characterization activities that provide guidance for complying with the ESA can be found below. 

An informal programmatic consultation for wind energy lease issuance and associated site characterization and site assessment activities in the Gulf of Mexico was conducted between BOEM, BSEE and NMFS. 

An informal programmatic consultation for wind energy lease issuance and associated site characterization and site assessment activities in the Gulf of Mexico was conducted between BOEM, BSEE and FWS.