{"abstract":"In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that we have issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to Avangrid Renewables, LLC (Avangrid) to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to high-resolution geophysical (HRG) survey investigations associated with marine site characterization activities off the coast of North Carolina in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A 0508) (the Lease Area) and the coastal waters off North Carolina and Virginia where one or more cable route corridors will be established.","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/2019/06/28/2019-13874.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"84 FR 31032","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This authorization is effective from June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2019-13874","effective_on":"2019-06-01","end_page":31048,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2019/06/28/2019-13874.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/06/28/2019-13874/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-site","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2019-13874?publication_date=2019-06-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2019-06-28/2019-13874/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":17,"page_views":{"count":609,"last_updated":"2026-09-20 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-06-28/pdf/2019-13874.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-13874.pdf?1561639530","publication_date":"2019-06-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2019/06/28/2019-13874.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XG61":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XG61"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":31032,"subtype":null,"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Site Characterization Surveys Off the Coast of North Carolina","toc_doc":"Site Characterization Surveys off the Coast of North Carolina","toc_subject":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":84}