Approval Procedures for Incidental Harassment Authorizations of Marine Mammals
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This law involves procedures for granting incidental harassment authorizations to protect marine mammals during specific activities. It impacts U.S. citizens and entities engaging in activities like construction or research that might unintentionally disturb small numbers of marine mammals. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service oversees this process, ensuring any disruptions have negligible impacts and do not affect subsistence hunting by Alaska Natives. Organizations must apply for authorizations and submit detailed reports on the activities and their effects on marine mammals.
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Key Changes
- Renewal of information collection for incidental harassment authorizations without change
- Procedural rules for applying for authorizations and monitoring marine mammal impact
- Requirement to submit detailed activity reports to assess environmental impact
Obligations
What this law requires
Submit an application to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requesting an incidental harassment authorization before engaging in activities that may incidentally take marine mammals
Demonstrate that the incidental take will be of a small number of marine mammals of a species or stock
Demonstrate that the incidental take will have a negligible impact on the affected species or stock
Demonstrate that the incidental take will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stock for taking for subsistence uses by Alaska Natives
Submit detailed reports on the activities and their effects on marine mammals as specified in the authorization conditions