The 30-day comment period will begin Friday, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a unit of DOI that oversees wind energy development in federal waters on the outer continental shelf (OCS).  

The EA will consider the reasonably foreseeable environmental consequences associated with the activities and facilities proposed in the research activities plan.

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) has requested a research lease and proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate the test facility in the OCS parcel.