Incidental Take Authorization: Municipality of Skagway's Skagway Ore Terminal Redevelopment Project in Skagway, Alaska

On February 5, 2024, NOAA Fisheries received a request from the Municipality of Skagway to modify an incidental harassment authorization that was issued to MOS on August 29, 2023 to take small numbers of 8 species of marine mammals, by Level A and Level B harassment, incidental to the Skagway Ore Terminal redevelopment project. NOAA Fisheries is requesting comments on its proposal to modify the IHA. This modification includes changes to the amount of authorized take by Level B harassment for Steller sea lions and the addition of take by Level A and Level B harassment for the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). There are no changes to the activity, mitigation and monitoring, NOAA Fisheries' findings, the effective dates of the issued IHA, or any other aspect of the IHA. NOAA Fisheries will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the requested modification of the authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.

NOAA Fisheries has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization to Municipality of Skagway to incidentally harass marine mammals during construction associated with the Ore Terminal redevelopment project in Skagway, Alaska.