On May 25, 2023, the federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied a motion by plaintiffs seeking to halt construction of the Vineyard Wind project offshore of.
In Seafreeze Shoreside, Inc. et al. v. US Department of the Interior et al., the plaintiffs alleged that the BOEM and other federal permitting agencies violated the NEPA, OCSLA, and other regulations. They alleged, construction would preclude bottom-trawl commercial fishing.
Alan G. Brackett and Ava Wolf of Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett discuss laws and workers' compensation benefits that may apply when workplace injuries occur outside one's state of residence or outside of the United States.
Nantucket Residents Against Turbines v. US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management offshore wind project Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts due to inadequate environmental assessments, violate Endangered Species Act and didnt follow Administrative Procedure Act