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• Offshore Wind Technology Demonstration Project

As part of the West Coast Governors Alliance (WCGA) on Ocean Health, a regional ocean partnership, Washington, Oregon and California have agreed to collaborate with the BOEM, Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and other agencies to evaluate the potential benefits and impacts of renewable ocean energy projects off the West Coast. An additional goal is to develop the planning and regulatory structure for these activities. 

The BOEM and Oregon are pursuing intergovernmental coordination and communication on OCS renewable energy through a task force that involves federal, state, local and tribal governments. The first task force meeting was held on March 31, 2011, in Portland, Oregon. Files from this meeting are below:

•  BOEMRE Oregon Task Force Purpose
•  BOEMRE Leasing Process
•  FERC Hydropower Licensing Process
•  Oregon Territorial Sea Plan Process
•  Oregon MSP Research
•  BOEMRE Renewable Energy Environmental Studies Pacific Region
•  DOE Environmental and Resource Assessment
•  BOEMRE Oregon Task Force Meeting 1 Attendee List

BOEM held the second Oregon task force meeting on August 1, 2011, in Portland, Oregon. The purpose of the meeting was to share information concerning data and mapping on the OCS. Files from this meeting are below:

•  BOEM/NOAA Multipurpose Marine Cadastre (BOEM)
•  Defining, Mapping and Interpreting Ecological Data for the Territorial Sea Plan (NOAA)
•  Alternatives Analysis and Decision Support for Ocean Renewables (Parametrix)
•  Oregon’s Territorial Sea Plan & MarineMap (Oregon)
•  Oregon Coastal and Marine Data Network (Oregon)
•  List of Task Force Member Attendees

BOEM held the third Oregon Task force meeting on April 12, 2012, in Portland, Oregon. The agenda and presentations are below:

•  BOEM Oregon OCS Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting 3 Final Agenda
•  Oregon Marine Data Management Update
•  OPAC Draft Comprehensive Plan for TSP Amendment
•  OWET Wave Energy Suitability Study
•  NNMREC Grid-Connected Wave Energy Test Feasibility Study
•  Camp Rilea Ocean Energy Feasibility Study
•  Federal Consistency Under the CZMA
•  BOEM Oregon Marine Renewable Energy Science Conference
•  List of Attendees

BOEM held the fourth Oregon Task Force Meeting on September 24, 2012 in Portland, Oregon. Materials from this meeting are below:

• Meeting Agenda
• Federal Update
• National Northwest Marine Renewable Energy Center
• Oregon Environmental Science Conference
• Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas
• Fine Grained Areas Discussion
• Oregon Territorial Sea Plan Process
• Planning on the OCS
• List of Attendees