Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Panelists testifying on Bill 253-38 told senators the bill should include more specific language to prohibit mining ships from docking, staging or supplying in Guam waters.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has completed the area identification phase of its Outer Continental Shelf mineral leasing process for potential critical mineral development offshore the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The decision outlines which offshore tracts may advance to environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act but does not authorize leasing or mineral extraction.

Officials from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will be meeting with the governors of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this week.

In a webinar hosted by Right to Democracy and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition, representatives from citizen groups discussed their efforts to reach community members during the 60-day comment period.

Last week, the Legislature passed a resolution opposing the federal government's plan to allow seabed mining near the Mariana Trench.

The new deadline for submitting comments on a plan to lease an area east of the CNMI for deep-sea mineral mining is Jan. 12, 2026.

Guam and CNMI delegates have asked the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to extend the public comment period on proposed deep-sea mining in the Marianas

One of Trump's many executive orders halts Bureau of Ocean Environmental Management and Guam's plans to lease federal waters for offshore wind farming.

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announces open comment period from Jan. 06 to April 07 for possible wind energy leasing off Guam's coast.