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Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Farm Project Offshore Rhode Island

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed 2 comments on this docket between Dec 27, 2022 and Feb 8, 2023. 4 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1267d ago.

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Feb 8, 2023· Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council· NOAA-NMFS-2022-0127-0401

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Dec 27, 2022· Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council· NOAA-NMFS-2022-0127-0005

Please see attached comment on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to respectfully request a 15-day extension to the comment period for the proposed rulemaking for the five-year Incidental Take Regulation (ITR) and associated Letter of Authorization (LOA) for the Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Farm Project.

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Abstract

NMFS has received a request from Revolution Wind, LLC (Revolution Wind), a 50/50 joint venture between Ørsted North America, Inc. (Ørsted) and Eversource Investment, LLC, for Incidental Take Regulations (ITR) and an associated Letter of Authorization (LOA). The requested regulations would govern the authorization of take, by Level A harassment and/or Level B harassment, of small numbers of marine mammals over the course of five years (2023-2028) incidental to construction of the Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Farm Project offshore of Rhode Island in a designated lease area on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A-0486), within the Rhode Island-Massachusetts Wind Energy Area (RI/MA WEA). Project activities likely to result in incidental take include pile driving (impact and vibratory), potential unexploded ordnance (UXO/MEC) detonation, and vessel-based site assessment surveys using high-resolution geophysical (HRG) equipment. NMFS requests comments on its proposed rule. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the promulgation of the requested ITR and issuance of the LOA; agency responses to public comments will be summarized in the final notice of our decision. The proposed regulations would be effective October 5, 2023 - October 4, 2028.

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