{"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 Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC (Atlantic Shores) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during marine site characterization surveys in waters off of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, including in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Areas OCS-A 0499, OCS-A 0541, OCS-A 0549, and associated export cable corridor (ECC) areas.","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/2024/03/22/2024-06063.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"89 FR 20434","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This authorization is effective from April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["RTID 0648-XD648"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2024-06063","effective_on":"2024-04-01","end_page":20455,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2024/03/22/2024-06063.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/22/2024-06063/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to","images":{"EN22MR24.003":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN22MR24.003/EN22MR24.003_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN22MR24.003/EN22MR24.003_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN22MR24.003/EN22MR24.003_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"EN22MR24.003":{"large":{"identifier":"EN22MR24.003","content_type":"image/png","size":198527,"width":823,"sha":"a9e5475d1e06d576820df29d416a5d33","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN22MR24.003/EN22MR24.003_large.png","height":1142},"medium":{"identifier":"EN22MR24.003","content_type":"image/png","size":51707,"width":458,"sha":"a99437f2a6b2706d4f602b9c69e657b1","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN22MR24.003/EN22MR24.003_medium.png","height":635},"original_size":{"identifier":"EN22MR24.003","content_type":"image/png","size":413565,"width":1730,"sha":"df86a575a6433e96c68160b40a635350","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EN22MR24.003/EN22MR24.003_original_size.png","height":2400}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2024-06063?publication_date=2024-03-22","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2024-03-22/2024-06063/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":22,"page_views":{"count":173,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 14:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-22/pdf/2024-06063.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06063.pdf?1711025119","publication_date":"2024-03-22","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2024/03/22/2024-06063.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2024-03-22T08:02:50Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":20434,"subtype":null,"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Marine Site Characterization Surveys off New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland","toc_doc":"Marine Site Characterization Surveys off New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland","toc_subject":"Taking or Importing of Marine Mammals:\n","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":89}