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Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Statoil Wind US LLC to Take Marine Mammals by Harassment Incidental to Marine Site Characterization Surveys for the Empire Wind Project

Overview

ID #

13245914

Document Type

Environmental Assessment

NOAA Office

National Marine Fisheries Service - Headquarters

Document Status

Complete

Last Updated

01/24/2018

Summary

NMFS is proposing to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Statoil Wind U.S. LLC to incidentally take marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys off the coast of New York as part of the Empire Wind Project in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A 0512) and coastal waters where one or more cable route corridors will be established.

Applicant requested IHA issuance by March 1, 2018