NOAA's National Ocean Service, in collaboration with several agencies, is seeking public input to identify data for transmission planning in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. This Request for Information aims to improve coastal and marine spatial studies, focusing on offshore wind and transmission planning. The public can provide feedback through written comments or by participating in a public meeting in New Orleans on January 14-15, 2025. The feedback will help NOAA understand data needs and gaps for marine spatial planning and engage better with communities.
Simple Explanation
NOAA, a group that studies the ocean, wants to know what ocean and coast information people have to help plan where to put things like windmills in the sea near Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. They're asking people to tell them what they know, either by writing or talking to them, to help with this planning.