Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

BOEM-funded Hurricane Sandy initiative creates a new inventory of potential offshore sediment resources in Federal waters in the Atlantic.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) invested $13.6 million in federal funding for Hurricane Sandy recovery to address critical needs for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sand throughout areas undergoing recovery, rebuilding and resiliency planning. 

BOEM’s Hurricane Sandy response on New Jersey’s Atlantic Coast making steady progress

Knowing the location, composition and potential volume of available offshore sand resources is critical to being prepared for future storms.

Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine are among the 13 Atlantic states that signed cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in 2014 to help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy and promote resilient coastal systems.

BOEM assesses the importance of offshore sand shoal habitats to fisheries