Deepwater
submitted
an
application
to
the
department’s
Bureau
of
Ocean
Energy
Management
(BOEM)
for
an
eight-nautical-mile-long
(14.8km),
200-foot-wide
(60.9
metre)
corridor
in
federal
waters
on
the
outer
continental
shelf
in
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
The
wind
farm
would
be
located
2.5
nautical
miles
southeast
of
Block
Island.
The
proposed
offshore
transmission
connection
would
also
transmit
power
from
the
existing
onshore
grid
to
Block
Island.
Before
reviewing
the
right-of-way
application,
BOEM
must
determine
whether
there
are
other
developers
interested
in
constructing
transmission
facilities
in
the
same
area.
If
BOEM
receives
indications
of
competitive
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