CX-100585 Categorical Exclusion Determination

Drifiting Noise Measurement System and Integrated Data Products Award Number: DE-EE0006786 CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.25 Water Power Program Date: 04/04/2016 Location(s): NH Office(s): Golden Field Office

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April 4, 2016
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Drifiting Noise Measurement System and Integrated Data Products
Award Number: DE-EE0006786
CX(s) Applied: A9, B5.25
Water Power Program
Date: 04/04/2016
Location(s): NH
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Scientific Solutions, Inc. (SSI) to develop a robust, commercialized, affordable, and readily available drifting noise measurement system (DNMS) for use by the marine hydro-kinetic (MHK) community during development, installation, operation, and maintenance of MHK devices. 

This award previously received NEPA determinations (GFO-0006786-001, 9/04/2014; GFO-0006786-002, 8/13/2015) for all activities except for those associated with Subtask 2.1.9 (Prototype Field Test) and Subtask 2.2.5 (Mature System Integration and Field Testing). The purpose of this NEPA determination is to review only those activities associated with Subtask 2.1.9.