Endangered Species Act Section 7 Biological Opinion: Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization under section 101(a)(5)(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Authorization under Nationwide Permits 5 and 6 under section 404 of the Clean Water Act to ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC for Alaska LNG Geophysical & Geotechnical Program in the Waters of Cook Inlet, 2015

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Endangered Species Act Section 7 Biological Opinion: Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization under section 101(a)(5)(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Authorization under Nationwide Permits 5 and 6 under section 404 of the Clean Water Act to ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC for Alaska LNG Geophysical & Geotechnical Program in the Waters of Cook Inlet, 2015

2015
Series: ESA Section 7 Consultation

Details

NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AKR (Alaska Region)
Description:

This opinion considers the effects of the authorization of an IHA to take marine mammals by harassment under the MMPA incidental to conducting a geophysical and geotechnical surveys in Cook Inlet, Alaska between August 14, 2015 and November 30, 2015. The activities outlined in this analysis have the potential to take marine mammals by “Level B” harassment as a result of marine habitat disturbance and sound energy introduced to the marine environment.
Keywords:

Incidental Take (Endangered Species) Marine Mammals Offshore Oil Industry Incidental Take (Endangered Species) Marine Mammals Offshore Oil Industry
Series:

ESA Section 7 Consultation
Format:

PDF
Consultation Number:

AKR-2015-9474
Document Type:

Biological Opinion
Place as Subject:

Cook Inlet (Alaska)
Name as Subject:

ExxonMobil ; ExxonMobil
Rights Information:

Public Domain
Compliance:

Library
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:2f4e3138b5b522cd30bd9c838cefd50b920408472918dbf698a42dd2f71073ce
Download URL:

https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17202/noaa_17202_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 2.18 MB ]

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