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Environmental assessment for the issuance of an incidental harassment authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting high-frequency sonar testing activities in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
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2012
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Alternative Title:Incidental harassment authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting high-frequency sonar testing activities in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
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Description:"In response to receipt of requests from the U.S. Navy (Navy), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) that authorizes takes by level B harassment of marine mammals in the wild pursuant to section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.), and the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals (50 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 216). This Environmental Assessment (EA), titled 'Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Take Marine Mammals by Harassment Incidental to Conducting High-frequency Sonar Testing Activities in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, ' (hereinafter, the EA) addresses the impacts on the human environment that would result from the issuance of the IHA"--Page 5.
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Rights Information:Public Domain
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