Bummer? Yes, but spelled BOEMRE. On Sept 14th in Belfast, fed/state ocean power task force holds first meeting
On September 14th at the Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Avenue, Belfast, Maine the Bummer will hold its first in a series of federal/state ocean energy task force meetings. Below is from a describe of the BOEMRE plan for offshore wind extraction. the agenda. From such bland statements can offshore industrial wind plantations arise. Please come to this event. I am fighting to get the public comment period moved to _before_ adjournment of the meeting, since after the meeting, it's just an off the record discussion.
In bureaucrat-speak:
"The MMS (now BOEMRE) is working to coordinate through a task force with the federal, state, local and tribal governments... to facilitate intergovernmental communications regarding OCS renewable energy activities......The BOEMRE offshore renewable energy program includes development of renewable energy such as wind, wave, and solar. BOEMRE is responsible for inspection and oversight of energy companies to ensure they are following the law and protecting the safety of their workers and the environment"
Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)
Maine Task Force Meeting Agenda
The Hutchinson Center
80, Belmont Avenue (Route #3)
Belfast, ME 04915
(207)-338-8000
Intergovernmental Session 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Opening Remarks Karin Tilberg
Senior Policy Advisor Office of the Governor
Maureen Bornholdt, Program Manager
BOEMRE, Office of Offshore Alternative Energy Programs (OAEP)
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Introductions of Invitees
Members’ Agency, and Role in the Leasing Process
Facilitated by EM&A
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Task Force Purpose, followed by attendee Q&A
• Background • Role • Membership
Aditi Mirani, Project Coordinator for Maine,BOEMRE, OAEP
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Overview of BOEMRE Regulatory
Framework and Leasing Process, followed by attendee Q&A
Tim Redding, Energy Program Specialist, BOEMRE, OAEP
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Overview of BOEMRE Environmental Review Process,
followed by attendee Q&A
Algene Byrum, Environmental Protection Specialist, BOEMRE, OAEP
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Review and Discussion of Draft Task
Force Charter followed by attendee Q&A
Aditi Mirani. Facilitated by EM&A
2.15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Federal State Coordination Karin Tilberg
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Overview of Next Steps:
• Introduction to Request for Interest
• Status of Maine’s Coastal Atlas Tool
• Action Items
• Next Meeting
Aditi Mirani Matt Nixon,
Facilitated by EM&A
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks Karin Tilberg, Maureen Bornholdt
4:00 p.m. Meeting Adjournment
*Q&A Session with BOEMRE 4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. (Open to the public only)
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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