Supplemental environmental assessment for issuance of permit (file no. 13430-02) for research on marine mammals

This Environmental Assessment analyzes the environmental impacts of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division's proposal to issue an Incidental Harassment Authorization to the National Science Foundation and Antarctic Support Contract for the taking, by Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals, incidental to conducting a low-energy marine geophysical survey in the Ross Sea, January to February 2015.