Overview

• The Department of the Interior filed a Sept. 12 motion in Maryland federal court to remand or vacate BOEM’s December 2024 approval of US Wind’s Construction and Operations Plan for the MarWin project.
• BOEM told the court its prior analysis underestimated impacts to search-and-rescue operations within the lease area and to commercial fisheries, and it asked to reconsider the decision even if approval is not vacated.
• The filing comes in a case brought by Ocean City and other plaintiffs challenging the approval; the government said vacatur would render that suit moot.
• The administration has signaled similar remand-with-vacatur motions for SouthCoast Wind by Sept. 18 and New England Wind by Oct. 10, following earlier actions including a stop-work order for Revolution Wind and the rescission of $679 million in port grants.
• US Wind said it will vigorously defend the permits in court and remains committed to building its Maryland project, describing it as a 1,700MW development located about 10.7 miles off Ocean City, Maryland and Fenwick Island, Delaware.