CX-100425 Categorical Exclusion Determination

The Pacific Marine Energy Center South Energy Test Site (PMEC-SETS) Award Number: DE-EE0006518 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1 Wind and Water Power Technologies Office Date: 12/21/2015 Location(s): OR Office(s): Golden Field Office

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

December 21, 2015
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The Pacific Marine Energy Center South Energy Test Site (PMEC-SETS)
Award Number: DE-EE0006518
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1
Wind and Water Power Technologies Office
Date: 12/21/2015
Location(s): OR
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Oregon State University (OSU) to evaluate and validate the facility siting, design, construction and operational requirements for open-ocean, grid-connected wave energy conversion (WEC) device testing and performance certification/validation at the Pacific Marine Energy Center South Energy Test Site (PMEC-SETS).

Tasks 1 through 6 of the proposed project have been previously reviewed and received a NEPA determination (GFO-0006518-001, CX A9, 11/5/2014). A revised SOPO identifying four additional tasks has been submitted in response to a Determination of Non-Competitive Financial Assistance. This conditional NEPA determination applies to the following four tasks as described in the revised, final SOPO.