Final environmental assessment for the issuance of incidental harassment authorizations for the take of marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting exploratory drilling programs in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas

Golde, Helen M. (Helen Marcy)

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Final environmental assessment for the issuance of incidental harassment authorizations for the take of marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting exploratory drilling programs in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas

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2012

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Issuance of incidental harassment authorizations for the take of marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting exploratory drilling programs in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas ; Finding of No Significant Impact for the National Marine Fisheries Service's issuance of a Marine Mammal Protection Act incidental harassment authorization for take associated with Shell Offshore Inc.'s 2012 Camden Bay, Beaufort Sea, Alaska exploratory drilling program ;

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Golde, Helen M. (Helen Marcy)

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, ;

Description:

"The National Marine Fisheries Service proposes to issue an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to Shell Offshore Inc. for the taking, by Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals, incidental to conducting an exploratory drilling program in Camden Bay in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska, during the 2012 open-water season. NMFS has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) titled 'Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorizations for the Take of Marine Mammals by Harassment Incidental to Conducting Exploratory Drilling Programs in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, ' and prepared an independent Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). NMFS has determined that the impact of conducting the exploratory drilling program in the U.S. Beaufort Sea may result, at worst, in a temporary modification in behavior of small numbers of eight species of marine mammals. Based on its review of the record, including the EA and FONSI, NMFS has determined that issuance of the IHA will not result in any significant direct, indirect, or cumulative impact to any element of the human environment. NMFS does not anticipate that take by injury (Level A harassment), serious injury, or death will occur; nor has NMFS authorized take by Level A harassment. NMFS has further determined that this activity will result in a negligible impact on the affected species or stocks and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of affected species or stocks for taking for subsistence uses"--Summary on cover letter.

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United States ; Beaufort Sea ; Alaska ; Beaufort Sea Coast (Alaska) ;

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