On August 16, 2016, BOEM published the Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 7 Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) and Request for Interest (RFI). The PSN and RFI requests any prospective bidders already qualified for commercial wind energy development offshore North Carolina affirm their continued interest and requests public comments on BOEM’s proposal to auction one lease offshore North Carolina (the Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area) for commercial wind energy development. BOEM held an auction seminar for prospective bidders in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 20, 2016. Materials form the auction seminar can be found below: