Environmental assessment for the issuance of an incidental harassment authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting an in-ice seismic survey in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Issuance of an incidental harassment authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting an in-ice seismic survey in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas

"In response to receipt of a request from ION Geophysical (ION), NMFS proposes to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) that authorizes takes by 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 an In-ice Seismic Survey in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas,' (hereinafter, EA) addresses the impacts on the human environment that would result from the issuance of the IHA"--Page 1.