CX-009582: Categorical Exclusion Determination

Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Date: 12/19/2012 Location(s): Oregon Offices(s): Golden Field Office

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

December 19, 2012
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Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Date: 12/19/2012
Location(s): Oregon
Offices(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. DOE is proposing to provide federal funding to Columbia Power Technologies, Inc. (CPT) to conduct research and development activities to advance the ocean deployment of a utility-scale version of CPT's next generation wave energy converter prototype. DOE funding would be used for wave tank testing, environmental forces and load analysis, design, and other information gathering activities associated with the deployment of the proposed prototype. No ocean deployment is permitted under this NEPA determination.