[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40620-40621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15998]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[Docket No. BOEM-2021-0018]


Research Lease Issuance for Marine Hydrokinetic Energy on the 
Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of lease issuance.

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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management's (BOEM's) issuance of an executed, noncompetitive lease, 
Renewable Energy Lease No. OCS-P 0560, to Oregon State University for 
marine hydrokinetic research activities offshore Oregon and defines the 
size of the lease area. This notice is issued under BOEM's regulations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Whitney Hauer, BOEM Pacific 
Region, Office of Strategic Resources, 760 Paseo Camarillo (Suite 102), 
Camarillo, California 93010, (805) 384-6263 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 24, 2014, BOEM published in the 
Federal Register a public notice of an unsolicited request for an Outer 
Continental Shelf renewable energy research lease submitted by Oregon 
State University (OSU) for marine hydrokinetic (MHK) research 
activities. 79 FR 16050 (Mar. 24, 2014). The public notice included a 
request for competitive interest (RFCI) and a request for public 
comment.
    After evaluating the comments received in response to the RFCI, on 
June 20, 2014, BOEM published in the Federal Register its determination 
that there was no competitive interest in the area requested by OSU. 79 
FR 35377 (June 20, 2014). On February 16, 2021, BOEM issued a lease for 
MHK research activities to OSU for the PacWave South project, a 
proposed open ocean wave energy test center, to be located 
approximately 6 nautical miles offshore Newport, Oregon.
    The total acreage of the lease area is approximately 4,270 acres. 
The lease area is comprised of 12 aliquots (i.e., sub-blocks) within 
Official Protraction Diagram Newport Valley NL10-10 Blocks 6481 and 
6531. The project easement is a 200-foot-wide corridor on which five 
cables will be located within Official Protraction Diagrams Newport 
Valley NL 10-10 Block 6531 and Salem NL 10-11 Blocks 6501 and 6551.
    Lease issuance by BOEM is a prerequisite for a license from the

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is the Federal agency that 
would approve project construction and operations. The lease and 
supporting documentation, including required environmental compliance 
documentation and the notices that solicited competitive interest, can 
be found online at: https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/pacwave-south-project.
    Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1337(p); 30 CFR 585.238(f) and 30 CFR 
585.206(a).

Amanda Lefton,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-15998 Filed 7-27-21; 8:45 am]
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