Overview

• Federal filings on Sept. 18 ask a Washington, D.C., court to return SouthCoast Wind’s construction and operations plan to BOEM for new review rather than immediately vacate it.
• BOEM says its January approval may not have fully complied with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and that the environmental impact statement may have understated or obfuscated project impacts.
• The government requested a stay of pending lawsuits over the approval, including a case brought by the town of Nantucket, while it reconsiders the permit.
• A senior BOEM official told the court the timetable for the review is currently uncertain due to the need to incorporate President Trump’s January directive to reassess offshore wind leases.
• Developer Ocean Winds says the permit followed a four‑year review and vows to defend it in court, as the action joins other federal moves affecting projects such as the paused Revolution Wind build and a Maryland project now up for reconsideration.