December 14, 2016 — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has reportedly come to an agreement with fishermen groups that recently filed a lawsuit to delay the upcoming lease sale of the New York Wind Energy Area.
The Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF) was the lead plaintiff in a suit seeking a preliminary injunction to delay the lease sale for the development of an offshore wind project located approximately 11 miles off the coast of Long Island, N.Y.
The lease sale, scheduled for this Thursday, can now proceed as planned, reports the Associated Press, which says the lawsuit has been delayed so that both parties can have more time to prepare more documents. A hearing is now scheduled for Feb. 8, 2017.