Sec. 217. Offshore wind for the Territories
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Section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking The term and inserting the following: ; by inserting after control the following: or lying within the exclusive economic zone of the United States and the outer Continental Shelf adjacent to any territory of the United States ; and by adding at the end the following: The term outer Continental Shelf does not include any area conveyed by Congress to a territorial government for administration; ; and by adding at the end the following:
The term State means the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. . Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: This section shall not apply to the scheduling of any lease sale in an area of the outer Continental Shelf that is adjacent to any insular area of the United States. . The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary shall conduct a study on the feasibility, including the technological and long-term economic feasibility, and the potential environmental effects, of conducting wind lease sales in each area of the outer Continental Shelf that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, including of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. In conducting the study required in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult— the National Laboratories, as that term is defined in section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801(3) ); the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and National Marine Fisheries Service; and the Governor of each of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.
The study required in subparagraph
(A)shall be published in the Federal Register for public comment for a period of not fewer than 60 days. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit the results of the study conducted under subparagraph
(A)to— the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and each of the Delegates or the Resident Commissioner to the House of Representatives from American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The Secretary shall publish the study required under subparagraph
(A)and the results submitted under subparagraph
(C)on a public website. The Secretary shall issue a call for information and nominations for proposed wind lease sales for areas determined to be feasible under the study conducted under paragraph (1). For each territory, the Secretary shall conduct not less than one wind lease sale in the area of the outer Continental Shelf within the territorial jurisdiction of such territory if such area meets each of the following criteria: The study required under paragraph (1)(A) concluded that a wind lease sale on the area is feasible. The Secretary has determined that the call for information has generated sufficient interest in the area. The Secretary has consulted with the Secretary of Defense and other relevant Federal agencies regarding such sale. The Secretary has consulted with the Governor of the territory regarding the suitability of the area for wind energy development. If no area of the outer Continental Shelf within the territorial jurisdiction of a territory meets each of the criteria in clauses
(i)through
(iv)of subparagraph (A), the requirement under subparagraph
(A)shall not apply to such territory. .
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