Incidental Take Authorization: Ocean Wind, LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey
Summary
NOAA Fisheries has issued a renewal incidental harassment authorization to Ocean Wind LLC to incidentally harass marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization survey activities off the coast of New Jersey in the areas of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)-A 0498 and federal and state waters along potential export cable routes to landfall locations between Raritan Bay (part of the New York Bight) and Delaware Bay.
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to Ocean Wind, LLC to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off of New Jersey in the area of Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf Lease Area OCS-A 0498 and potential export cable routes to landfall locations in New Jersey.
Federal Register
Supporting Materials
- Issued Renewal IHA (pdf, 13 pages)
- Renewal Application (pdf, 6 pages)
- PSO Datasheets (.zip folder with Excel files)
- Final 2021-2022 Monitoring Report (pdf, 79 page)
- Renewal References (pdf, 3 pages)
- Renewal Public Comments (pdf, 36 pages)
- Issued IHA (pdf, 14 pages)
- Monitoring Report (pdf, 1 page)
- Application (pdf, 81 pages)
- References (pdf, 3 pages)