First Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Marine Mammal Protection Act Challenge to Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project
July 2024
California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 33, Number 19
On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decided Melone v. Coit, one of the two appeals challenging the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore project, upholding the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to an offshore wind project.
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