Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act

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Introduced

14 June 2011

Last action

14 October 2011 · Reported

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.

Summary

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; (2) determine whether to issue such a permit 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 (5) provide an applicant the opportunity to remedy deficiencies in a permit application that was denied.

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Timeline

14 June 2011
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
14 June 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
14 June 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 June 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Source: Committee
23 June 2011
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
13 July 2011
Vote
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 18.
Source: Committee
13 July 2011
Committee
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
Source: Committee
13 July 2011
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
14 October 2011
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
Source: Calendars
14 October 2011
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-252.
Source: Committee
14 October 2011
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-252.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2173
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2173
us · 112-hr-2173 · source updated 7 April 2025