Over the past 20 years, BOEM has invested more than $30 million to identify non-energy resources on the OCS, conduct world-class scientific research, and lease OCS resources to coastal communities in need. NASA map of the proposed beach and sea wall repair area at Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). Note the extensive erosion identified in the close-up views outlined in green, blue and yellow. The red line represents the length of the project, about 12,000 feet. Army Corps of Engineers, working with NASA, anticipates the project will take from two to three months to complete. “This project is an example of the federal family working together on the ongoing response to Hurricane Sandy,” Beaudreau added.ĭredging operations are expected to begin in the spring of 2014 and take place at an offshore sand borrow area managed by BOEM about 14 miles east of Wallops Island. “BOEM’s contribution of sand for this federal facility will help maintain the physical integrity of NASA’s valuable launch infrastructure at Wallops Island and improve resiliency against future storms,” said BOEM Director Tommy P. In addition, the ecosystem restoration project will create new shorebird and sea turtle nesting habitat. The project will provide material to restore more than 2 miles of beach and dunes that protect some of NASA’s most critical launch assets. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) authorizing the dredging of up to one million cubic yards of sand from the outer continental shelf to restore the shoreline at NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. As part of President Obama’s continuing commitment to help protect and restore coastal areas damaged by Hurricane Sandy, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced an agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S.
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