Draft Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Take of Marine Mammals by Harassment Incidental to Conducting Open-water Seismic Surveys in the U.S. Beaufort Sea

Overview

ID #

13245811

Document Type

Environmental Assessment

NOAA Office

National Marine Fisheries Service - Headquarters

Document Status

Complete

Last Updated

01/27/2016

Summary

NMFS proposes to issue an Incidental Harassment Authorizations to the SA Exploration, Inc. under the MMPA for the taking of small numbers of marine mammals, incidental to 3D ocean bottom nodes seismic survey in the U.S. Beaufort Sea during 2016 Arctic open-water season.