[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 67416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27875]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2015-0062]


Wind Energy Research Lease Issuance on the Atlantic Outer 
Continental Shelf Offshore Virginia

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Research Lease of Submerged Lands 
for Renewable Energy Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore 
Virginia.

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SUMMARY: BOEM has issued a wind energy research lease to the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy for 
an area situated on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Virginia. The 
purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the availability of 
the executed lease, Renewable Energy Lease No. OCS-A-0497.
    Proposed activities on the lease include the installation and 
operation of wind turbine generators and resource assessment devices, 
as well as associated offshore substation platforms, interarray cables, 
and subsea export cables. The total acreage of the lease area is 
approximately 2,135 acres. The lease area is comprised of six aliquots 
(i.e., sub-blocks) lying within Official Protraction Diagram Currituck 
Sound NJ18-11 Blocks 6061 and 6111. The lease and supporting 
documentation, including required environmental compliance 
documentation and notices that solicited competitive interest, can be 
found online at: http://www.boem.gov/VOWTAP/.

    Authority:  This Notice of the Availability of a wind energy 
research lease is published pursuant to 30 CFR 585.238(f), which 
implements subsection 8(p) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1337(p)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Casey Reeves, BOEM Office of 
Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 
20166, (703) 787-1320 or [email protected].

    Dated: October 13, 2015.
Abigail Ross Hopper,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-27875 Filed 10-30-15; 8:45 am]
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