{"abstract":"In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Eastern Massachusetts (MA) National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during seabird and shorebird monitoring and other research activities in the Eastern MA NWR Complex (Complex).","action":"Notice; issuance of an incidental harassment authorization.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2017/03/02/2017-04002.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"82 FR 12342","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This Authorization is effective from April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2017-04002","effective_on":"2017-04-01","end_page":12348,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2017/03/02/2017-04002.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04002/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2017-04002?publication_date=2017-03-02","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2017-03-02/2017-04002/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":7,"page_views":{"count":81,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 22:15:11 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-03-02/pdf/2017-04002.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2017-04002.pdf?1488375928","publication_date":"2017-03-02","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2017/03/02/2017-04002.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XF10":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XF10"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2017-03-22T06:00:21Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":12342,"subtype":null,"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Seabird and Shorebird Monitoring and Research at the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Massachusetts","toc_doc":"Seabird and Shorebird Monitoring and Research at Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex, MA","toc_subject":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":82}