Anyone familiar with the Cape Wind project review process is also familiar with delay. And as the Minerals Management Services self-imposed release date for the Final Environmental Impact Statement was reached today, there’s still no word about when we can see it!

Numerous reports from all over the globe this week were touting the story (UPI, Cape Cod Today, Boston Globe, Cape Cod Times, among others), but it looks like we’ll just have to wait.

When I called MMS last week it took about twenty minutes for the office to finally inform me that “yes, the report was scheduled for release either that day [Nov. 28] or next week [today]“. When I asked how MMS doesn’t know or can’t tell me when they are releasing their own report I thought I heard a sigh, and then was given the same response.

Of course, this is an important moment in the Cape Wind battle, and in our daily struggle as filmmakers to capture an ethereal moment of reaction with our characters we’ll have to keep guessing when it will finally come.  The real question here is what the heck is going on at MMS?  The administration is changing hands, both sides are lobbying Congress with more vigor than they ever have before, public pressure is mounting, and journalists are frothing at the mouth.  Perhaps the Coast Guard study is raising eyebrows…maybe the FAA finally said something…maybe a distinguished Senator made a discreet phone call…all we know for sure is that nothing is ever final in the Cape Wind fight.

In the meantime, we’ll be digging in trying to get to the bottom of this. Does anyone have the inside scoop??

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