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<p>Please see CZM's notice of a Public Information Meeting on Offshore Wind, to be held in Falmouth on May 16. Details are given below.</p>
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<p>Jo Ann Muramoto, Ph.D.</p>
<p>Director of Science Programs</p>
<p>Association to Preserve Cape Cod</p>
<p>482 Main Street, Dennis, MA 02638</p>
<p>(508) 619-3185</p>
<p>jmuramoto@apcc.org<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Vella, Prassede (ENV) <prassede.vella@state.ma.us><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 8, 2017 1:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sara Grady (sara@nsrwa.org); Jo Ann Muramoto; Peter Phippen; McCauley, Carole (C.McCauley@northeastern.edu); barbara.warren@salemsound.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> offshore wind public info meeting</font>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I am forwarding below the details of a Public Information Meeting on Offshore Wind. Please share this information
with everyone in your region and organization who may be interested in attending.
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<b>Public Information Meeting on Offshore Wind</b></p>
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On Tuesday May 16, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Office of Coastal Zone Management, and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center will host a public informational meeting to provide updates on the offshore wind development process in
the federal offshore wind planning areas off Massachusetts and the emerging offshore wind industry in the Commonwealth. Representatives from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the offshore wind developers will attend. The meeting will be
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017<br>
Holiday Inn Cape Cod – Falmouth<br>
291 Jones Road, Falmouth, MA<br>
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm<br>
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The meeting features presentations and question/answer sessions on the schedule related to offshore wind procurement by utilities, environmental surveys, wind data collection, transmission, and supply chain efforts. Federal officials from BOEM will provide
updates on the permitting and leasing process. Offshore wind developers will provide project specific updates.</b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Cheers,</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Prassede</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Garamond","serif"; color:#17365D">Prassede Vella</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Garamond","serif"; color:#244061">Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Ocean Management Analyst
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