Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Transit Protection Program Pier and Support Facilities Project at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, Washington

NOAA Fisheries proposed to modify the incidental harassment authorizations that were issued to the United States Navy on September 25, 2020 for the Transit Protection Program construction, due to an elevated harbor seal take rate at the nearby Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Service Pier Project that was unanticipated during the initial analysis for these TPP IHAs. This proposed modification was not finalized, and work was not conducted under the initial IHAs.

NOAA Fisheries has issued two IHAs to the U.S. Navy to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment only, marine mammals during construction activities associated with the Transit Protection Program Pier and Support Facilities Project at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor in Silverdale, Washington over two years.