Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority for the Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility Project

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) is constructing a Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility (project) to serve as the central San Francisco Bay base for WETA’s ferry fleet, Operations Control Center (OCC), and Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Activities include in-water construction activities for the second year of construction, scheduled from August 1 through November 30, and may take 7 species of marine mammals from impact and vibratory pile driving.

Need to issue IHA by August 1, 2017