Incidental Take Authorization: Dominion Energy Virginia Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Coastal Virginia
Summary
NOAA Fisheries has issued a modified incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Dominion Energy Virginia to incidentally harass marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys conducted in the areas of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Virginia (Lease No. OCS-A-0483) as well as in coastal waters where an export cable corridor will be established in support of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial (CVOW Commercial) Project.
NOAA Fisheries has issued a modified IHA to Dominion Energy Virginia to incidentally harass marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys conducted in the areas of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the OCS Offshore Virginia (Lease No. OCS-A-0483) as well as in coastal waters where an export cable corridor will be established in support of the CVOW Commercial Project.
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Dominion Energy Virginia to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys in the areas of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the OCS Offshore Virginia (Lease No. OCS-A-0483) as well as in coastal waters where an export cable corridor will be established in support of the CVOW Commercial Project.
Federal Register
Supporting Materials
- Issued Modified IHA, 2021 (pdf, 13 pages)
- Issued Modified IHA, 2020 (pdf, 13 pages)
- Issued Initial IHA, 2020 (pdf, 14 pages)
- Application (pdf, 196 pages)
- Public Comments on Initial IHA, 2020 (pdf, 33 pages)
- Public Comments on Modified IHA, 2020 (pdf, 5 pages)
- Public Comments on Modified IHA, 2021 (pdf, 48 pages)
- References (pdf, 14 pages)
- Monitoring Report, 2020-2021 Final (pdf, 802 pages)