Environmental assessment for the issuance of an incidental harassment authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting high-frequency sonar testing activities in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Incidental harassment authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting high-frequency sonar testing activities in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division

"In response to receipt of requests from the U.S. Navy (Navy), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) that authorizes takes by level B harassment of marine mammals in the wild pursuant to section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.), and the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals (50 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 216). This Environmental Assessment (EA), titled 'Environmental Assessment for the Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Take Marine Mammals by Harassment Incidental to Conducting High-frequency Sonar Testing Activities in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, ' (hereinafter, the EA) addresses the impacts on the human environment that would result from the issuance of the IHA"--Page 5.

针对美国海军（U.S. Navy）的相关请求，美国国家海洋渔业局（National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS）拟签发一份附带骚扰授权（incidental harassment authorization, IHA），依据经修订的1972年《海洋哺乳动物保护法》（Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, MMPA；16 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.）以及海洋哺乳动物捕获与进口相关管理法规（《联邦法规汇编》（Code of Federal Regulations, CFR）第50卷第216部分），授权对野生海洋哺乳动物实施B级骚扰式捕获。本环境影响评价（Environmental Assessment, EA）题为《针对巴拿马城分部海军水面作战中心开展高频声呐测试活动所需签发的海洋哺乳动物骚扰式捕获附带骚扰授权的环境影响评价》（下称本环评），旨在阐明签发该IHA可能对人类环境造成的影响——第5页。