Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Hilcorp Alaska, LLC Production Drilling Support Activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Hilcorp is proposing to conduct rig tugging activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska. These activities are similar to activities that Hilcorp has conducted in the past. NMFS was sued on the initial authorization to Hilcorp for not issuing take associated with tugging, and later issued two IHAs for tugging as a result of the lawsuit.