BOEM
has
made
available
for
public
review
and
comment
its
environmental
assessment,
which
also
considers
any
socioeconomic
effects
that
could
result
from
a
lease.
It
found
that
no
historic
underwater
properties
would
be
affected
by
the
proposed
project.
Florida
Atlantic
University’s
Southeast
National
Marine
Renewable
Energy
Center
(SNMREC)
is
seeking
a
lease
to
deploy
an
experimental
demonstration
device.
This
is
the
first
lease
application
that
the
Bureau
of
Ocean
Energy
Management
(BOEM),
an
agency
of
DOI,
has
received
to
test
ocean
current
equipment.
The
university
proposes
to
deploy
and…
