Unsolicited Application for a Section 238 Research Lease by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME)- Lease No. 1

This Section 238 research lease application proposes four Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sub-blocks to be leased for the siting of two met ocean and environmental monitoring platforms for pre-and post-construction monitoring of wind velocities, water levels, waves, and bird & bat activities within and around Virginia's offshore wind energy area (WEA).