Incidental Take Authorization: Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey and New York
Summary
NOAA Fisheries has issued a Renewal incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Atlantic Shores, LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off the coast of New York and New Jersey, Atlantic Ocean.
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off the coasts of New York and New Jersey in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A 0499) and along potential submarine cable routes to a landfall location in New York or New Jersey.
Federal Register
Supporting Materials
- Issued Renewal IHA, 2021 (pdf, 13 pages)
- Issued IHA, 2020 (pdf, 13 pages)
- Renewal Monitoring Report, 2021 IHA (pdf, 286 pages)
- IHA Renewal Request (pdf, 9 pages)
- IHA application (pdf, 109 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 255 pages)
- Amended Incidental Take Statement, 2020 (pdf, 43 pages)
- Monitoring Report, 2020 IHA (pdf, 75 pages)
- Monitoring Report Appendices, 2020 IHA (pdf, 146 pages)
- Public Comments on Proposed Renewal IHA, 2021 (pdf, 23 pages)
- References (pdf, 14 pages)