[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53961-53962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14302]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE066]


Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; 
Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Furie Operating Alaska, LLC Oil and 
Gas Activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental harassment authorizations; request 
for comments on proposed authorizations and possible renewals; 
correction.

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SUMMARY: On June 14, 2024, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register announcing the proposed issuance of two incidental harassment 
authorizations (IHAs) for take of marine mammals incidental to oil and 
gas activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska. That document inadvertently 
contained errors in tables 7 and 10. This document only corrects those 
errors; all other information is unchanged.

DATES: June 28, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leah Davis, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS published a notice in the Federal Register on June 14, 2024 
(89 FR 51102) announcing the proposed issuance of two IHAs for take of 
marine mammals incidental to oil and gas activities in Cook Inlet, 
Alaska. NMFS refers the reader to the June 14, 2024, Federal Register 
notice (89 FR 51102) for background information concerning the IHAs.

Corrections

    On page 51118, table 7 is corrected to read as follows:

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                  Table 7--SSLs for Project Activities
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                                                    SSL
          Sound source           ---------------------------------------
                                          SEL               SPLRMS
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3 tugs at 50 percent power......  ..................  185 dB at 1 m.
4 tugs at 50 percent power......  ..................  186.2 dB at 1 m.
Conductor pipe pile (20 in,       184 dB at 10 m....  193 dB at 10 m.
 impact).
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    On page 51120, table 10 is corrected to read as follows:

                           Table 10--Level A Harassment and Level B Harassment Isopleths From Tugging and Impact Pile Driving
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                                                                                 Level A Harassment Isopleths (m)                             Level B
                      Sound source                       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Harassment
                                                                LF              MF              HF              PW              OW        Isopleths  (m)
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Conductor pipe pile, 70 percent installation............           3,064             109           3,650           1,640             119           1,585
Conductor pipe pile, 30 percent installation............           1,742              62           2,075             932              68  ..............
Tugging/Positioning, 3 Tugs \1\.........................              95              78             679              69               0           3,850
Tugging/Positioning, 4 Tugs \2\.........................             108              89             773              79               1           4,483
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\1\ These zones are results from Hilcorp's modeling.
\2\ For otariids, Hilcorp's model estimated a Level A harassment zone of 0 during tugging/positioning with three tugs. Therefore, for four tugs, NMFS
  applied the Level A harassment zone calculating with the User Spreadsheet.


    Dated: June 25, 2024.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-14302 Filed 6-25-24; 4:15 pm]
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