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Level B harassment, and the total 

number of takes remains unchanged. 

Therefore, in consideration of this, and 

the harbor seal stock abundance 

information discussed in the Estimated 

Take section above, we re-affirm that 

small numbers of harbor seals will be 

taken relative to the population size of 

the Washington Inland Waters, Hood 

Canal stock of harbor seal. 

In conclusion, there is no new 

information suggesting that our 

negligible impact analysis or finding for 

harbor seals should change. 

Based on the information contained 

here and in the referenced documents, 

NMFS has preliminarily reaffirmed the 

following: (1) The required mitigation 

measures will effect the least practicable 

impact on marine mammal species or 

stocks and their habitat; (2) the 

proposed authorized takes will have a 

negligible impact on the affected marine 

mammal species or stocks; (3) small 

numbers of marine mammals will be 

taken relative to the affected stock 

abundances; (4) the Navy’s activities 

will not have an unmitigable adverse 

impact on taking for subsistence 

purposes, as no relevant subsistence 

uses of marine mammals are implicated 

by this action; and (5) appropriate 

monitoring and reporting requirements 

are included. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

No incidental take of ESA-listed 

species is authorized or expected to 

result from this activity. Therefore, 

NMFS has determined that formal 

consultation under section 7 of the ESA 

is not required for this action. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must review our 

proposed action (i.e., the modification 

of an IHA) with respect to potential 

impacts on the human environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (IHAs with no 

anticipated serious injury or mortality) 

of the Companion Manual for NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6A, which do 

not individually or cumulatively have 

the potential for significant impacts on 

the quality of the human environment 

and for which we have not identified 

any extraordinary circumstances that 

would preclude this categorical 

exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS has 

preliminarily determined that the 

issuance of the modified IHAs qualifies 

to be categorically excluded from 

further NEPA review. 

We will review all comments 

submitted in response to this document 

prior to concluding our NEPA process 

or making a final decision on the IHA 

requests. 

Proposed Authorization 

NMFS proposes to modify the IHAs to 

the Navy for in-water construction 

associated with the TPP project on 

Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, Washington. 

The only changes are increases in the 

authorized take of harbor seal take by 

Level A harassment from 20 to 320 in 

Year 1, and 0 to 20 in Year 2, changes 

to the shutdown requirements for harbor 

seals in both the Year 1 and Year 2 

IHAs, and changes to the effective dates 

of the IHAs. Drafts of the proposed 

modified IHAs can be found at: https:// 

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-constructionactivities. 

Request for Public Comments 

We request comment on our proposed 

modification of the IHAs for the Navy’s 

in-water construction activities 

associated with the TPP project. We also 

request comment on the potential for 

renewal of these modified IHAs as 

described in the paragraph below. 

Please include with your comments any 

supporting data or literature citations to 

help inform our final decision on the 

request for MMPA authorizations or 

subsequent Renewal IHAs. 

On a case-by-case basis, NMFS may 

issue a one-time, one-year Renewal IHA 

following notice to the public providing 

an additional 15 days for public 

comments when (1) up to another year 

of identical or nearly identical, or nearly 

identical, activities as described in the 

Description of the Proposed Activity 

and Anticipated Impacts section of this 

notice is planned or (2) the activities as 

described in the Description of the 

Proposed Activity and Anticipated 

Impacts section of this notice would not 

be completed by the time the IHA 

expires and a Renewal would allow for 

completion of the activities beyond that 

described in this notice, provided all of 

the following conditions are met: 

• A request for renewal is received no 

later than 60 days prior to the needed 

Renewal IHA effective date (recognizing 

that the Renewal IHA expiration date 

cannot extend beyond one year from 

expiration of the initial IHA). 

• The request for renewal must 

include the following: 

(1) An explanation that the activities 

to be conducted under the requested 

Renewal IHA are identical to the 

activities analyzed under the initial 

IHA, are a subset of the activities, or 

include changes so minor (e.g., 

reduction in pile size) that the changes 

do not affect the previous analyses, 

mitigation and monitoring 

requirements, or take estimates (with 

the exception of reducing the type or 

amount of take). 

(2) A preliminary monitoring report 

showing the results of the required 

monitoring to date and an explanation 

showing that the monitoring results do 

not indicate impacts of a scale or nature 

not previously analyzed or authorized. 

• Upon review of the request for 

Renewal, the status of the affected 

species or stocks, and any other 

pertinent information, NMFS 

determines that there are no more than 

minor changes in the activities, the 

mitigation and monitoring measures 

will remain the same and appropriate, 

and the findings in the initial IHA 

remain valid. 

Dated: August 31, 2021. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Dated: August 31, 2021. 

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Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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