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Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act

Introduced: June 14, 2011 Introduced by: Wittman, Robert J. Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 14, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
Oct 14, 2011
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-252.
Jul 13, 2011
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 18.
Jul 13, 2011
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Jul 13, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 23, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 16, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jun 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 14, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act - Exempts any project determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

Defines an "offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project" as a project that is administered by the Department of the Interior and carried out on or in the waters of the Outer Continental Shelf to test or monitor weather (including wind, tidal, current, and solar energy) using towers, buoys, or other temporary ocean infrastructure and that: (1) causes less than one acre of surface or seafloor disruption at the location of each meteorological tower or other device and no more than five acres of surface or seafloor disruption within the proposed area affected by the project (including hazards to navigation), (2) is decommissioned within five years of its commencement, and (3) provides meteorological information to the Secretary of the Interior.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) require that any applicant seeking to conduct an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project on the outer Continental Shelf obtain a permit and right of way for the project; (2) decide whether to issue such a permit and right of way within 30 days after receiving an application; (3) provide an opportunity for submission of comments by the public; (4) consult with the Secretary of Defense (DOD), the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the heads of other federal, state, and local agencies that would be affected by issuance of the permit and right of way; and (5) provide an applicant the opportunity to remedy deficiencies in a permit application that was denied.

What's happening now October 14, 2011

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.

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