
BOEM
Form0008(November2012) Page1
UNITEDSTATES
DEPARTMENTOFTHEINTERIOR
BUREAUOFOCEANENERGY
MANAGEMENT
COMMERCIALLEASEOF
SUBMERGEDLANDSFOR
RENEWABLEENERGYDEVELOPMENT
ONTHE
OUTERCONTINENTALSHELF
PaperworkReductionActof1995statement:Thisformdoesnot
constituteaninformationcollectionasdefinedby44U.S.C.§3501et
seq.andthereforedoesnotrequireapprovalbytheOfficeof
ManagementandBudget.
Office
Herndon,VA
RenewableEnergy
LeaseNumber
OCS‐A0483
CashBonusand/or
AcquisitionFee
ResourceType
Wind
EffectiveDate
BlockNumber(s)
See Addendum A
Thislease,whichincludesanyaddendahereto,isherebyenteredintobyandbetweenthe
United States of America, (“Lessor”), acting through the BureauofOceanEnergy
Management(“BOEM”),itsauthorizedofficer,and
Lessee InterestHeld
100%
("Lessee").Thisleaseiseffectiveonthedatewrittenabove(“EffectiveDate”)andwill
continueineffectuntiltheleaseterminatesassetforthinAddendum“B.”Inconsideration
ofanycashpaymentheretoforemadebytheLesseetotheLessorandinconsiderationof
thepromises,terms,conditions,covenants,andstipulationscontainedhereinandattached
hereto,theLesseeandtheLessoragreeasfollows:
Section1:StatutesandRegulations.
Thisleaseisissuedpursuanttosubsection8(p)oftheOuterContinentalShelfLandsAct
(“theAct”),43U.S.C.§§1331et seq.ThisleaseissubjecttotheActandregulations
promulgatedpursuanttotheAct,includingbutnotlimitedto,offshorerenewableenergy
andalternateuseregulationsat30CFRPart585aswellasotherapplicablestatutesand
regulationsinexistenceontheEffectiveDateofthislease.Thisleaseisalsosubjectto
thosestatutesenacted(includingamendmentstotheActorotherstatutes)andregulations
promulgatedthereafter,excepttotheextentthattheyexplicitlyconflictwithanexpress
provisionofthislease.Itisexpresslyunderstoodthatamendmentstoexistingstatutes,
includingbutnotlimitedtotheAct,andregulationsmaybemade,and/ornewstatutes
maybeenactedornewregulationspromulgated,whichdonotexplicitlyconflictwithan
expressprovisionofthislease,andthattheLesseebearstheriskthatsuchamendments,
regulations,andstatutesmayincreaseordecreasetheLessee’sobligationsunderthelease.