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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project Offshore of Virginia
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 23, 2024. It took effect on February 5, 2024.
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What the agency says
In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, NMFS hereby promulgates regulations to govern the incidental taking of marine mammals incidental to the Virginia Electric and Power Company, doing business as Dominion Energy Virginia (Dominion Energy), construction of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial (CVOW-C) Project (hereafter, the CVOW-C Project or the Project) in Federal and State waters offshore of Virginia, specifically within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Area OCS-A 0483 (Lease Area) and along export cable routes to sea-to-shore transition points (collectively referred to as the "Project Area"), over the course of 5 years (February 5, 2024 through February 4, 2029). These regulations, which allow for the issuance of a Letter of Authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during construction- related activities within the Project Area during the effective dates of the regulations, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-00297
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Published
- January 23, 2024
- Takes effect
- February 5, 2024
- Dates
- This rulemaking is effective from February 5, 2024, through February 4, 2029.
- Docket
- Docket No. 240104-0001
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0648-BL74
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 50 CFR 217
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Endangered and threatened species; Fish; Fisheries; Marine mammals; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Wildlife
- Pages
- 102
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