NOS University of New Hampshire Construction Grant

The University of New Hampshire (UNH) proposes to construct and operate an Ocean Mapping Center of Excellence (CoE) and a UNH Innovation Center, in UNH’s “The Edge” redevelopment area on the Durham campus in Strafford County, New Hampshire. UNH has been awarded United States (U.S.) Department of Commerce (DOC) federal grant funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to design and build these facilities. Since UNH is a non-federal entity, NOAA has initiated the environmental impact analysis for UNH’s Proposed Action that utilizes federal grant funds. Therefore, NOAA is the lead agency for this EA, and NIST is a cooperating agency.