The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is postponing two public meetings set for this week concerning the 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore project off the coast of Massachusetts because of the ongoing government shutdown in the US.
Meetings were scheduled for the 8 and 9 January to discuss the project’s draft environmental impact statement, but will now be rescheduled on dates yet to be decided.
Further meetings regarding the wind farm set for 15-17 January could also be postponed if the shutdown still continues on 14 January, BOEM said.
BOEM said that during the shutdown the public can continue to comment online for the draft EIS and the Final Environmental Impact Report that has been submitted to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office.
Vineyard Wind is a 50:50 venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid Renewables.