{"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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, (USACE) for authorization to take one species of marine mammal incidental to confined blasting in the East Channel of the Big Bend Channel in Tampa Harbor, Tampa, Florida.","action":"Notice; issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA).","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/2018/05/04/2018-09499.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"83 FR 19701","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The IHA will be valid from April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2018-09499","effective_on":null,"end_page":19710,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2018/05/04/2018-09499.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/05/04/2018-09499/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/2018-09499?publication_date=2018-05-04","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2018-05-04/2018-09499/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":10,"page_views":{"count":164,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 20:15:14 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-05-04/pdf/2018-09499.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-09499.pdf?1525351532","publication_date":"2018-05-04","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2018/05/04/2018-09499.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XF80":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XF80"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2018-05-24T10:00:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":19701,"subtype":null,"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Confined Blasting Operations in the East Channel by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers During the Tampa Harbor Big Bend Channel Expansion Project in Tampa Harbor, Tampa, Florida","toc_doc":"Incidental to Confined Blasting Operations in the East Channel by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers During the Tampa Harbor Big Bend Channel Expansion Project in Tampa Harbor, Tampa, FL","toc_subject":"Takes of Marine Mammals:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":83}