All Protected Resources Regulations & Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company Construction Activities Associated with the Raritan Bay Pipeline off New York
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco), a subsidiary of Williams Partners L.P., to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment, marine mammals incidental…
Effective
05/01/2021
Incidental Take Authorization: Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys Offshore of Delaware
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys offshore of Delaware in the area of the…
Effective
04/05/2021
Proposed Rule to Amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to Reduce Risk of Serious Injury and Mortality to North Atlantic Right Whales
NOAA Fisheries proposes to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to reduce the incidental mortality and serious injury to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus),…
Published
12/31/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Ørsted Wind Power North America, LLC Site Characterization Survey off New York to Massachusetts
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Ørsted Wind Power North America, LLC, (Ørsted) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys in coastal waters…
Published
10/08/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Equinor Wind, LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Equinor Wind, LLC to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during site characterization surveys off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean in the area of the…
Effective
09/20/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization to Mayflower Wind Energy LLC to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during site characterization surveys off the coast of Massachusetts in the area of the…
Effective
07/23/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Vineyard Wind LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York
NOAA Fisheries has received a request from Vineyard Wind, LLC (Vineyard Wind) for the re-issuance of a previously issued incidental harassment authorization (IHA) with the only change being effective dates. The initial IHA authorized take of 14 species…
Effective
06/21/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Research Activities
NOAA Fisheries' Office of Protected Resources (OPR), upon request from NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), issued regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in the…
- Issued LOA (pdf, 18 pages)
- LOA Application (pdf, 223 pages)
- Notice of Receipt Public Comments (pdf, 27 pages)
- Proposed Rule Public Comments
- Marine Mammal Commission Proposed Rule Comments (pdf, 14 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 428 pages)
- Biological Opinion Amendment (pdf, 11 pages)
- Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) (pdf, 444 pages)
- Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) Appendices (pdf, 140 pages)
- Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (pdf, 19 pages)
- References (pdf, 12 pages)
Effective
06/05/2020
Incidental Take Authorization: Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of New Jersey and New York
NOAA Fisheries received a request from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC (Atlantic Shores), for the Renewal of their currently active incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys…
- Draft Renewal IHA, 2021 (pdf, 12 pages)
- IHA Renewal Request (pdf, 9 pages)
- Issued IHA, 2020 (pdf, 13 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)
- References (pdf, 14 pages)
Comments Close
04/13/2021
Incidental Take Authorization: Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC Marine Site Characterization Surveys off of Delaware and Maryland
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC (Skipjack) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys offshore of Delaware in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for…
Published
12/03/2019