It has come to my attention that I have committed an error in attributing
this Environmental Assessment to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.  The
issuing agency is Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
and Enforcement (BOEMRE).  My apologies to USFWS for the egregious error
and to all else for any confusion.

Kurt Schwarz
Conservation Chair
MOS
Goawaybird at verizon dot net or krschwa1 at verizon dot net

On 8/4/11 6:03 PM, "Kurt R. Schwarz" <> wrote:

>Comments are being accepted on an Environmental Assessment to lease
>blocks off MD to study wind power.  Unfortunately, the Fish and Wildlife
>Service has seen fit to only allow a 30-day comment period at the height
>of vacation season.  I will be drafting a short letter on behalf of MOS
>about this, but invite all who have some knowledge of our off-shore
>species to comment as well.  This IS a 200+ page document, and your
>comments should be substantive (comments like "This EA sucks!" are not
>substantive.  I expect to address the following issues:  The comment
>period is too short. Tower lighting (this calls for meteological towers),
>it attracts seabirds to their detriment.  And despite what you may have
>heard, the Roseate Tern DOES occur in MD.  If you perhaps have other
>points I can include, I welcome them.  See below for further details.
>
>Kurt R. Schwarz
>Conservation Chair
>Maryland Ornithological Society
>please direct you comments (please keep them civil and short) to my OTHER
>address: krschwa1 at verizon dot net.
>I'm heading out for a stiff margarita!
>
>Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Environmental Assessment â•„ Comments due
>August 11
>August 11 is the deadline for comments on the Environmental Assessment
>(EA) for wind lease blocks offshore of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
>and Virginia, in federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf. More
>information and a link to the EA is available at
>
>http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Interior-Takes-Next-Step-toward-Hold
>ing-First-Ever-Lease-Sales-for-Commercial-Wind-in-the-Mid-Atlantic.cfm
>
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