The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management promotes energy independence, environmental protection and economic development through responsible, science-based management of offshore conventional and renewable energy and marine mineral resources.
In 1993, the University of Alaska Coastal Marine Institute (CMI) was established by a Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and...more
Environmental assessments on offshore renewable energy development require accurate modeling and effective monitoring. Traditional sound propagation modeling for noise effect analysis often uses...more
The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is responsible for managing energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). BOEM’s...more
The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is responsible for managing energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). BOEM’s...more
BOEM cooperates with the Delaware Geological Survey, a unit of the University of Delaware, to forecast the demand for and supply of OCS sand and gravel resources along the Mid-Atlantic region to...more
In this agreement, BOEM (Camarillo Office) and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI) will nominate Morro Rock as a Traditional Cultural Place (TCP) to the National Register of Historic...more
Offshore renewable energy development currently is underway in the north Atlantic and is in the planning stages in the Gulf of Maine (GoMe). BOEM must evaluate the cumulative effects of offshore wind...more
The purpose of this study is to evaluate impacts to rocky shore species from OCS activities. The rocky intertidal areas established by the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) represent...more
Congress is considering amending the OCS Lands Act to authorize wind energy and marine minerals activities offshore U.S. Territories (see S. 3214; H.R. 1689). If this amendment is approved, it will...more
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