TY - RPRT TI - Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Maine AU - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) AB - The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has prepared this environmental assessment (EA) to determine whether the issuance of a lease within the Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine would lead to reasonably foreseeable significant impacts on the environment and, thus, whether an environmental impact statement should be prepared before any leases are issued. CY - Sterling, Virginia DA - 2024/09// PY - 2024 SP - 1 EP - 418 PB - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) UR - https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documents/renewable-energy/state-activities/gome_FinalEA.pdf LA - English KW - Wind Energy KW - Fixed Offshore Wind KW - Attraction KW - Avoidance KW - Changes in Flow KW - Chemicals KW - Collision KW - Displacement KW - Entanglement KW - Habitat Change KW - Lighting KW - Noise KW - Bats KW - Birds KW - Ecosystem Processes KW - Fish KW - Demersal Fish KW - Pelagic Fish KW - Invertebrates KW - Marine Mammals KW - Cetaceans KW - Pinnipeds KW - Physical Environment KW - Water Quality KW - Reptiles KW - Sea Turtles KW - Human Dimensions KW - Environmental Impact Assessment KW - Fisheries KW - Legal & Policy KW - Marine Spatial Planning KW - Navigation KW - Recreation & Tourism KW - Stakeholder Engagement ER -