Environmental assessment on issuing a scientific research and enhancement permit to the marine mammal health and stranding response program to include hot branding, unmanned aircraft systems, and vaccinations

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Environmental assessment on issuing a scientific research and enhancement permit to the marine mammal health and stranding response program to include hot branding, unmanned aircraft systems, and vaccinations

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2015
By Wieting, Donna

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Alternative Title:

150630_ESA_EA_Scientific_Research_Enhancement_Permit_MMHSRP_L.pdf ; EA on permitting MMHSRP to include hot branding, UAS, and vaccinations
Personal Author:

Wieting, Donna
Corporate Authors:

United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Office of Protected Resources. ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,
NOAA Program & Office:

NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
Description:

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue a permit to the NMFS Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP) for takes of marine mammals under NMFS jurisdiction for enhancement and research, pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., and the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.). The permit would be valid for five years and would authorize the MMHSRP to continue to conduct emergency response of ESA-listed marine mammals, disentanglements of and health-related research on marine mammals, and collection, receipt, transfer, import, export, analysis, and curation of marine mammal parts. The Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the MMHSRP (NMFS 2009a) evaluated the MMHSRP's entire program, including various enhancement and research activities permitted by NMFS and conducted by government employees, stranding agreement holders, and researchers. The analyses and conclusions in that PEIS are still valid as applied to the MMHSRP activities covered under the proposed new 5-year permit. Relevant sections of the PEIS are incorporated by reference in this EA pertaining to the majority of permitted activities previously analyzed. The EA focuses its analysis on three activities not analyzed in that PEIS: (1) hot branding, (2) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) use, and (3) vaccinations.
Keywords:

Economic Zones (Law Of The Sea) Effect Of Human Beings On Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Policy Government Policy Marine Mammals Marking Research Vaccination Economic Zones (Law Of The Sea) Effect Of Human Beings On Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Policy Government Policy Marine Mammals
Format:

pdf
Document Type:

Environmental Assessment
Place as Subject:

United States ; Atlantic Coast (U.S.) ; Pacific Coast (U.S.) ; Atlantic Ocean ; Pacific Ocean
Rights Information:

Public Domain
Compliance:

Submitted
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