55073 NCKH_LB Entity Published / External 27486 BOEM Benthic Habitat Assessment Data Set Completed To let those that are interested in Wind Energy Planning and Development know of the most recent updates to areas of interest for Wind Energy Development off the United States Coast within Federal Waters. This data set represents the most recent changes for the Wind Development Planning Areas in the Atlantic. Wind Planning Areas in this dataset represent up to six different types of announcements within the US Federal Register that can be used to show the current status of an area that is being considered for Wind Power Development. The Smart from the Start Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) are represented in the attribute table. Not all areas will start out as WEAs. Since the WEAs were the first announcement for some of these areas, we have decided to repost the WEA layer to show its original areas prior to any reshaping by BOEM after the original announcement since the reshaped areas are really not the WEAs but one of the other six types of areas represented here. For those areas that started out as WEAs, the user may see the changes that have taken place over time. For the areas represented here, once an area has changed from one type of area to another, it will be replaced entirely by the new area. The types of areas and their descriptions can be found in the Attributes section of the metadata record. Credit: Stephen Creed and Christine Taylor Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Data File Yes To let those that are interested in Wind Energy Planning and Development know of the most recent updates to areas of interest for Wind Energy Development off the United States Coast within Federal Waters. This data set represents the most recent changes for the Wind Development Planning Areas in the Atlantic. Wind Planning Areas in this dataset represent up to six different types of announcements within the US Federal Register that can be used to show the current status of an area that is being considered for Wind Power Development. The Smart from the Start Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) are represented in the attribute table. Not all areas will start out as WEAs. Since the WEAs were the first announcement for some of these areas, we have decided to repost the WEA layer to show its original areas prior to any reshaping by BOEM after the original announcement since the reshaped areas are really not the WEAs but one of the other six types of areas represented here. For those areas that started out as WEAs, the user may see the changes that have taken place over time. For the areas represented here, once an area has changed from one type of area to another, it will be replaced entirely by the new area. The types of areas and their descriptions can be found in the Attributes section of the metadata record. Credit: Stephen Creed and Christine Taylor Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 1 OBJECTID OID 4 No No 0 0 Active Internal feature number. OID 2 Shape Geometry No No 0 0 Active Feature geometry. Geometry 3 CAT1 String 50 No No 0 0 Active Type of Wind Planning Area Being Represented - See Overview Description for Category Descriptions String 4 CAT2 String 6 No No 0 0 Active A space holder for the same categories listed under CAT1 in the case where two Federal Register Notices apply at the same time. String 5 CAT3 String 3 No No 0 0 Active A space holder for the same categories listed under CAT1 in the case where three Federal Register Notices apply at the same time. String 6 Info String 250 No No 0 0 Active Description of the Category for Legend Description Purposes and to indicate affected US State. String 7 PROT_NUMBE String 10 No No 0 0 Active Official Protraction Diagram (BOEM) in which an OCS block is related. String 8 PROT_APRV_ String 50 No No 0 0 Active Date that the Official Protraction Diagram was Approved for Publication by the Chief of the Leasing Division's Mapping and Boundary Branch String 9 BLOCK_NUMB String 10 No No 0 0 Active The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Block number related to a particular Official Protraction Diagram (ex. NJ18-08, 6784) where 6784 is the block number) Those blocks split into 16ths do not have a number in this field. Use the "BLOCK_LAB" field for block numbers on 1/16 blocks. String 10 BLOCK_LAB String 6 No No 0 0 Active A field created for labeling purposes, but also has all the blocks listed and can be used as an alternate to the "BLOCK_NUMB" field. String 11 SUB_BLK String 5 No No 0 0 Active A letter designation for 1/16th of an OCS Block. String 12 Link1 String 250 No No 0 0 Active A hyperlink to the latest details on discussions available online for the particular Wind Planning Areas String 13 Link2 String 250 No No 0 0 Active A hyperlink to the most recent Federal Register Notice or other decision document relating to the creation of the Wind Planning Area String 14 length Double 8 No No 0 0 Active Double 15 Area_sqacr Single 4 No No 0 0 Active Single 16 Shape_Length Double 8 No No 0 0 Active Length of feature in internal units. Double 17 Shape_Area Double 8 No No 0 0 Active Area of feature in internal units squared. Double gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:55073 Patricia Jones 2018-12-04T12:36:32 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:42 2019-01-30 Northeast Fisheries Science Center NEFSC 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA (508)495-2000 https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday 1001 Public No 2019-01-30 1 Year 2020-01-30