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Recent Regulations and Actions
Incidental Take Authorization: Hilcorp Alaska Construction and Operation of the Liberty Drilling and Production Island in Foggy Island Bay, Beaufort
NOAA Fisheries issued regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to construction and operation of the Liberty Drilling and Production Island (LDPI) in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska over the course of five years. These…
- Issued LOA (pdf, 10 pages)
- Application (pdf, 293 pages)
- References (pdf, 11 pages)
- Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (pdf, 42 pages)
- Plan of Cooperation (pdf, 15 pages)
- EIS
- Public Comment (pdf, 25 pages)
- Acoustic Monitoring Plan (pdf, 12 pages)
- Best Management Practices (pdf, 7 pages)
- Peer Review Panel Report (pdf, 7 pages)
- Wildlife Action Plan Sections Related to NMFS Action (pdf, 24 pages)
Effective
12/01/2021
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: King Pile Markers Project on the Columbia River
NOAA Fisheries has issued an IHA to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (Corps) to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment only, marine mammals during the King Pile Markers Project on the Columbia River in Washington and…
Effective
10/01/2020