{"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 Maine Department of Transportation (ME DOT) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during in-water pile driving construction activities from the Eastport Breakwater Replacement Project (EBRP) in Eastport, ME.","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/2017/03/14/2017-04943.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"82 FR 13581","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This Authorization is effective from January 24, 2017 through January 23, 2018.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2017-04943","effective_on":"2017-01-24","end_page":13593,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2017/03/14/2017-04943.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/14/2017-04943/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-a","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2017-04943?publication_date=2017-03-14","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2017-03-14/2017-04943/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":13,"page_views":{"count":117,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 04:15:06 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-03-14/pdf/2017-04943.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2017-04943.pdf?1489409138","publication_date":"2017-03-14","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2017/03/14/2017-04943.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2017-04-03T06:00:19Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":13581,"subtype":null,"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Breakwater Replacement Project in Eastport, Maine","toc_doc":"Breakwater Replacement Project in Eastport, ME","toc_subject":"Takes of Marine Mammals:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":82}