Finding Of No Significant Impact For The Taking Of Up To Two Cook Inlet Beluga Whales In 2005, Pursuant To A Co-management Agreement Between The National Marine Fisheries Service And The Cook Inlet Marine Mammal Council

October 16, 2005

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrative Order 216-6 (NAO 216-6) (May 20, 1999) contains criteria for determining the significance of the impacts of a proposed action. In addition, the Council on Environmental Quality regulations at 40 C.F.R. §1508.27 state that the significance of an action should be analyzed both in terms of "context" and "intensity." Each criterion listed below is relevant to making a finding of no significant impact and has been considered individually, as well as in combination with the others. The significance of this action is analyzed based on the NAO 216-6 criteria and CEQ's context and intensity criteria.