Issuance of an incidental harassment authorization to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority for the Central Bay operations and maintenance facility project : environmental assessment Environmental assessment (EA) on the issuance of an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conduct the Central Bay operations and maintenance facility project in the city of Alameda, California WETA Central Bay operations and maintenance facility project environmental assessment, February 2015

This Environmental Assessment analyzes the environmental impacts of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources' proposal to issue an Incidental Harassment Authorization, pursuant to section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority for the take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to conducting the Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility Project in the City of Alameda, California.