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Recent offshore-wind coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The board voted in closed session to bring in Stole Reeves for permitting and environmental review work tied to the heavy lift marine terminal project.
Planning commissioners settled on a drafting direction that keeps offshore wind in the Humboldt Bay Area Plan’s background sections but removes wind-specific wording from the operative policy text for a future heavy-lift terminal.
The Humboldt Bay Harbor District’s Aug. 13 agenda asks commissioners to authorize expanded planning, permitting and design work for the Humboldt Heavy Lift Marine Terminal.
At the June 11 meeting, commissioners heard a technical update on the heavy lift marine terminal and public concerns about noise, vibration and shellfish impacts, while staff outlined a revised three-phase buildout plan.
At its July 9 meeting, the Humboldt Bay Harbor District said it is the CEQA lead agency for the offshore wind terminal and that NEPA is not currently triggered for the district’s project, while also detailing a marina dredging funding shortfall.
The July 9 meeting moved the offshore wind terminal review ahead while detailing community-outreach funding and the lack of a near-term Woodley Island Marina dredging plan.