The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) describes its finding as an important step in evaluating Deepwater’s request for a right-of-way grant for an 8 nautical mile (14.8km) long, 200-foot wide (60.9 meters) corridor in federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to lay cable under the seabed.
The wind farm will be located in state waters 2.5 nautical miles southeast of Block Island, which is situated about 14.9
