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Incidental Take Authorization: Mayflower Wind Energy LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts

Overview

Authority
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Action Status
Notice
Published
09/19/2021
Affected Species
Fin Whale
Humpback Whale
Minke Whale
North Atlantic Right Whale
Sei Whale
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Harbor Porpoise
Short-Finned Pilot Whale
Long-Finned Pilot Whale
Risso’s Dolphin
Short-Beaked Common Dolphin
Sperm Whale
Harbor Seal
Gray Seal

Summary

NOAA Fisheries has issued to Mayflower Wind Energy LLC (Mayflower) an authorization to take marine mammals incidental to site characterization surveys off the coast of Massachusetts in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A 0521) and along potential submarine cable routes to landfall locations at Falmouth, Massachusetts and near Narragansett Bay. NOAA Fisheries published a proposed incidental harassment authorization (IHA) in the Federal Register. Mayflower determined that they needed to add an additional export cable route corridor to the proposed IHA. Therefore, a final IHA was not issued and Mayflower submitted a modified application which has now been issued.

Revised Project Location
Revised Project Location

Last updated by Office of Protected Resources on 09/07/2022