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Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
December 7, 2015
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The primary goal of the DBFT program is to drill a 5,000-meter-deep characterization borehole with a 3,000-meter open-hole section across crystalline bedrock, and to conduct scientific testing to characterize the hydrogeologic, geochemical, and geomechanical properties of the near-borehole host rock.
