Marine Mammal Disturbance Authorization for Unalaska Harbor Float Replacement
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Allows the City of Unalaska to unintentionally disturb small numbers of marine mammals during the Robert Storrs Harbor Floats A&B replacement project in Alaska. The authorization covers harassment only, not intentional harm, and runs for up to one year under the limits set by NMFS. The city and its contractors must use required mitigation, monitoring, and reporting measures while doing the work. NMFS found the project should have only a negligible impact on affected marine mammal stocks, including listed Steller sea lions and humpback whales, and found no need for further environmental review.
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Key Changes
- Authorizes incidental harassment of marine mammals during the Robert Storrs Harbor Floats A&B replacement project
- Requires the City of Unalaska and its contractors to follow mitigation, monitoring, and reporting measures
- Confirms NMFS findings that the project will have negligible marine mammal impacts and will not jeopardize listed species
Obligations
What this law requires
The City of Unalaska may take marine mammals only incidentally, and only by harassment, in connection with the Robert Storrs Harbor Floats A&B Replacement Project in Unalaska, Alaska; intentional taking, serious injury, or mortality is not authorized.
The City of Unalaska must conduct the authorized activity only within the specified geographic region covered by the IHA: Robert Storrs Harbor in Unalaska, Alaska.
The City of Unalaska must implement the mitigation measures prescribed by NMFS in the incidental harassment authorization to achieve the least practicable adverse impact on affected marine mammal species, stocks, and habitat.
The City of Unalaska must comply with NMFS-prescribed monitoring requirements for marine mammal takes during the authorized construction activity.
The City of Unalaska must comply with NMFS-prescribed reporting requirements for marine mammal takes associated with the Robert Storrs Harbor Floats A&B Replacement Project.