OCEAN CITY – Resort officials this week agreed to hire a firm to review US Wind’s plan for an offshore wind project off the coast of Ocean City.
On Monday, the Mayor and Council had before them a recommendation to hire SLR International, an England-based consulting firm, to review US Wind’s construction and operations plan (COP) and prepare comments for a draft environmental impact statement that will be produced by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
City Manager Terry McGean said the company has the expertise to review the 3,300-plus page document and ensure the town’s concerns regarding the offshore wind project were addressed.
“If we are to engage constructively at the federal level on this project, we need to have the COP professionally reviewed,” he said.
Officials say BOEM, the federal agency responsible for approving offshore wind facilities in federal waters, is currently reviewing US Wind’s construction and operations plan and will likely issue a draft environmental impact statement in August. Once the agency releases that draft document, the public has 45 days to offer written comments.
GO NUCLEAR !!!!
I hope the firm they hired is better than the one that they paid for a million dollar smiley.
Waste of resourcing. Invest more with on land infrastructure which is NEEDED. Wind mills, costly at a time where there is no money and unproven for return on investment.
Let those to the north try while sitting back and observe. No cost with watching others, after spending a million on rebranding and a million a piece for the water towers.
Back away from this shiney penny