By Peter Brennan

Massachusetts officials are 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects working with the town of Gosnold to develop an offshore wind leasing process for 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects that region in southeastern Massachusetts, a senior ocean planning official said today.

State officials are 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects also developing rules and regulations to implement the overall Ocean Management Plan, the 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects nation’s first attempt to 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects zone offshore wind development in state waters and comprehensively manage ocean resources.  That plan identified two sites for 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects large-scale offshore wind development, southeast of Gosnold and south of Martha’s Vineyard.  Gosnold, with a population of less than 100, has embraced the plan.  Officials on Martha’s Vineyard were more skeptical and 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects were given the right to determine the “appropriate scale” of any development in their waters.

“We are 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects working with the town of Gosnold to develop the process going forward that 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects could lead to an RFR for that designated site,” said Deerin Babb-Brott, the 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects assistant secretary for oceans in the Executive Office of Energy and 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects Environmental Affairs.  “The Martha’s Vineyard Commission is 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects currently developing planning guidelines for wind development in their jurisdictional waters … any future development will be 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects predicated on the outcome of their planning process.”

Sources in Gosnold confirmed that 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects there have been meetings between town and state officials, although they said that 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects nothing concrete has been decided at this point.  Another meeting is scheduled for early March.

Babb-Brott said implementation of the 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects Plan will take place on two tracks, substantive and administrative.

“On the 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects administrative side, some rulemaking and internal regulatory work will be 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects done in the coming months to layer the Plan into the 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects state’s regulatory plan” he said.

On the 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects substantive track, Babb-Bott highlighted the federal-state task force that is 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects helping with the leasing process.

“The task force has 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects met twice already and is developing a request for interest for 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects areas in federal waters off of Massachusetts that will be 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects available to potential developers,” he said.

State officials are 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects also improving and refining their data on ocean use and habitat, as required by the 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects Plan.  Researchers are 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects gathering more data on human uses of Massachusetts waters, such as recreational boating, recreational fishing and 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects commercial fishing.  The state is 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects working with researchers from the University of Massachusetts to refine their ocean current circulation model.  Babb-Brott pointed out that 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects the current work on science and data requirements is funded through a 20 Mg Of Valium Side Effects $2 million grant from the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership.