May 7, 2018 — NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The New Bedford Port Authority, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and NOAA all filed written public comments regarding Vineyard Wind’s Environment Impact Statement.
The deadline to file public comments was April 30.
All three agencies cited concerns regarding offshore wind’s presence within an important region for commercial fishing as well as marine life that could be affected beyond the acute area.
“Commercial and recreational fishing are essential components of the existing landscape that must be preserved in the development of the project,” NOAA’s Northeast Regional Administrator Michel Pentony said in NOAA’s public comments.
It appeared in one of 31 total pages submitted by the three organizations.
While each submission differed in length and topics, the three strung similar themes together.
Each called for more research into an array of areas from which method the turbines will be constructed to how the ocean will return to its original state after decommission.
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