MMS TO ESTABLISH ATLANTIC SEABOARD OFFICE TO SUPPORT RENEWABLES

摘要

When he was in Copenhagen for the Climate Change Conference, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) would establish a new regional office in 2010 to support renewable energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off the Atlantic Seaboard.rn"Given the enormous potential for renewable energy development, especially wind energy, in the Mid- and North Atlantic," Secretary Salazar said, "MMS needs a dedicated Atlantic Region office asrnwe plan for offshore renewable energy commercial leasing."