Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf

BOEMRE will use Form 0008 to issue commercial renewable energy leases on the Outer Continental Shelf. In the preamble to the April 29, 2009, Final Rule, "Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf," BOEMRE stated that "we intend to develop a model lease form through a public process that will invite all interested and affected parties for their input" (at p. 19729). The bureau has developed the form included in this notice, and welcomes comments over the 30 days following publication of this notice. Following the 30-day comment period, BOEMRE will review all submitted comments, and publish a final version of the form in the Federal Register.

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