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Incidental Take Authorization: Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Construction in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment, marine mammals during a particular activity (West Dock facility construction)…
- Issued IHA (pdf, 8 pages)
- Application (pdf, 305 pages)
- Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (pdf, 40 pages)
- Plan of Cooperation (pdf, 91 pages)
- Peer Review Panel Report (pdf, 15 pages)
- Environmental Impact Statement (External link)
- Record of Decision (pdf, 21 pages)
- Biological Opinion
- Public Comments, Initial Comment Period (pdf, 127 pages)
- Public Comments, Reopened Comment Period (pdf, 11 pages)
- References (pdf, 10 pages)
Effective
07/01/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: Vineyard Wind 1 LLC Construction of the Vineyard Wind Offshore Wind Project, Massachusetts
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Vineyard Wind 1, LLC to take, by Level A harassment and Level B harassment, marine mammals during construction of a commercial wind energy project offshore Massachusetts.
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Effective
05/01/2023
Incidental Take Authorization: South Fork Wind, LLC Construction of the South Fork Offshore Wind Project off of Rhode Island and Massachusetts
NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to South Fork Wind, LLC to take, by Level A harassment and Level B harassment, marine mammals during construction of a commercial wind energy project offshore New York, Rhode Island,…
- Issued IHA (pdf, 33 pages)
- Application (pdf, 166 pages)
- Environmental Impact Statement (pdf, 1,317 pages)
- Record of Decision (pdf, 130 pages)
- Animal Exposure Modeling Report (pdf, 154 pages)
- Underwater Acoustic Modeling of Construction Noise (pdf, 129 pages)
- Public Comments (pdf, 65 pages)
- Biological Opinion (pdf, 523 pages)
- References (pdf, 14 pages)
Effective
11/15/2022