Marine Mammals; Letters of Authorization To Take Pacific Walrus and Polar Bears, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska, 67782-67784 [2015-27978]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2015–N193;
FXES11120200000–167–FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
Applications for Participation in the Oil
and Gas Industry Conservation Plan
for the American Burying Beetle in
Oklahoma
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for public comments.
AGENCY:
Under the Endangered
Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
the public to comment on incidental
take permit applications for take of the
federally listed American burying beetle
resulting from activities associated with
the geophysical exploration (seismic)
and construction, maintenance,
operation, repair, and decommissioning
of oil and gas well field infrastructure
within Oklahoma. If approved, the
permits would be issued under the
approved Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan Associated with
Issuance of Endangered Species Act
Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the
American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before
December 3, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
all documents and submit comments on
the applicant’s ITP application by one of
the following methods. Please refer to
the permit number when requesting
documents or submitting comments.
Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Endangered
Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306,
Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@
fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
mail at Environmental Review, P.O. Box
1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM
87103; or by telephone at 505–248–
6651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Introduction
Under the Endangered Species Act, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act),
we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
invite the public to comment on
incidental take permit (ITP) applications
for take of the federally listed American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) resulting from activities
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associated with geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas well
field infrastructure within Oklahoma. If
approved, the permit would be issued to
the applicant under the Oil and Gas
Industry Conservation Plan Associated
with Issuance of Endangered Species
Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the
American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP). The ICP was made available for
comment on April 16, 2014 (79 FR
21480), and approved on May 21, 2014
(publication of the FONSI notice was on
July 25, 2014; 79 FR 43504). The ICP
and the associated environmental
assessment/finding of no significant
impact are available on the Web site at
https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/
oklahoma/ABBICP. However, we are no
longer taking comments on these
documents.
Applications Available for Review and
Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following application
under the ICP, for incidental take of the
federally listed ABB. Please refer to the
appropriate permit number (TE–123456)
when requesting application documents
and when submitting comments.
Documents and other information the
applicants have submitted with this
application are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552).
Permit TE–78498B
Applicant: Grand Mesa Pipeline, LLC,
Edmond, OK. Applicant requests a new
permit for gas upstream and midstream
production, including geophysical
exploration (seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of gas well field
infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair,
decommissioning, and reclamation of
gas gathering, transmission, and
distribution pipeline infrastructure
within Oklahoma.
Permit TE–78500B
Applicant: Chesapeake Energy
Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for gas
upstream and midstream production,
including geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of gas well field
infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair,
decommissioning, and reclamation of
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gas gathering, transmission, and
distribution pipeline infrastructure
within Oklahoma.
Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become
part of the public record associated with
this action. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can request in your comment that
we withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. We will not consider anonymous
comments. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and its implementing regulations (50
CFR 17.22) and the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and its implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: October 21, 2015.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–ES–2015–N152; FF07CAMM00–
FX–FR133707REG00]
Marine Mammals; Letters of
Authorization To Take Pacific Walrus
and Polar Bears, Beaufort and Chukchi
Seas, Alaska
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (MMPA), the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service) has issued
letters of authorization for the nonlethal
take of polar bears and Pacific walrus
incidental to oil and gas industry
exploration, development, and
production activities in the Beaufort Sea
and the adjacent northern coast of
Alaska and incidental to oil and gas
SUMMARY:
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industry exploration activities in the
Chukchi Sea and the adjacent western
coast of Alaska. These letters of
authorization stipulate conditions and
methods that minimize impacts to polar
bears and Pacific walrus from these
activities. These letters of authorization
are available electronically at the
following location: https://www.fws.gov/
alaska/fisheries/mmm/itr.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Hendrick at the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals
Management Office, 1011 East Tudor
Road, MS 341, Anchorage, AK 99503;
(800) 362–5148 or (907) 786–3479.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
3, 2011, the Service published in the
Federal Register a final rule (76 FR
47010) establishing regulations that
allow us to authorize the nonlethal,
incidental, unintentional take of small
numbers of polar bears and Pacific
walrus during year-round oil and gas
industry exploration, development, and
production activities in the Beaufort Sea
and adjacent northern coast of Alaska.
The rule established subpart J in part 18
of title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) and is effective
through August 3, 2016. The rule
prescribed a process under which we
issue Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to
applicants conducting activities as
described under the provisions of the
regulations.
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Each LOA stipulates conditions or
methods that are specific to the activity
and location. Holders of LOAs must use
methods and conduct activities in a
manner that minimizes to the greatest
extent practicable adverse impacts on
Pacific walrus and polar bears and their
habitat, and on the availability of these
marine mammals for subsistence
purposes. Intentional take and lethal
incidental take are prohibited.
In accordance with section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) and our regulations at 50
CFR 18, subpart J, we issued LOAs to
each of the following companies in the
Beaufort Sea and adjacent northern
coast of Alaska:
BEAUFORT SEA LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION
Activity
Project
Date issued
Alaska Development and Export Authority ....
Alaska Development and Export Authority ....
Development ......................
Development ......................
Exploration .........................
Exploration .........................
Exploration .........................
Development ......................
Development ......................
Exploration .........................
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc ............................
Exploration & Development
North Slope Liquefied Natural Gas Facility ...
North Slope Liquefied Natural Gas Facility
(amended).
North Slope Geotechnical drilling ..................
North Prudhoe Seismic Survey .....................
Winter Vibroseis Seismic Survey ..................
Mustang Development Program ....................
Nuna Development Activities .........................
Environmental Sampling and Well Plug
Abandonment.
North Slope activities .....................................
February 10, 2014.
May 27, 2014.
Alaska Gasline Development Corporation .....
BP Exploration, Inc ........................................
BP Exploration Alaska Inc .............................
Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation ...........
Caelus Natural Resources Alaska, LLC ........
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc ............................
ExxonMobil Development Company ..............
Exploration .........................
ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC ........................
ExxonMobil Development Company ..............
Exploration .........................
Exploration .........................
ExxonMobil Development Company ..............
Geokinetics ....................................................
Exploration .........................
Exploration .........................
Global Geophysical Services, Inc ..................
Global Geophysical Services, Inc ..................
Hilcorp Alaska, LLC .......................................
Exploration .........................
Exploration .........................
Production ..........................
Hilcorp Alaska, LLC .......................................
Exploration .........................
NordAq Energy, Inc .......................................
Exploration .........................
North Slope Borough .....................................
Olgoonik Specialty Contractors, LLC .............
Development ......................
Development ......................
Olgoonik Fairweather, LLC ............................
Olgoonik Specialty Contractors, LLC .............
Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska, Inc .........
Repsol E&P USA Inc .....................................
SAExploration, Inc .........................................
SAExploration, Inc .........................................
SAExploration, Inc .........................................
Exploration .........................
Development ......................
Development ......................
Exploration .........................
Exploration .........................
Exploration .........................
Exploration .........................
Shell Exploration and Production Company ..
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Company
Production ..........................
On June 12, 2013, we published in the
Federal Register a final rule (78 FR
35364) establishing regulations that
allow us to authorize the nonlethal,
incidental, unintentional take of small
numbers of polar bears and Pacific
walrus during year-round oil and gas
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Preliminary studies for development of
Prudhoe Bay Gas Plant.
Prudhoe Bay Unit Hydrology Studies ............
Prudhoe Bay Unit Field Studies ....................
Exploration activities at Point Thomson ........
Caelus and Great Bear 3D Winter Seismic
Surveys.
Kad River 3D Winter Seismic Surveys ..........
Schrader Bluff 3D Seismic Survey ................
Operations at the Milne Point, Endicott, and
Northstar Facilities.
Geotechnical Investigation, Sonar and Scour
Survey.
Tulimaniq Exploration Drilling Project ............
Pipeline upgrades near Barrow .....................
Point Lonely, Oliktok Point, and Bullen Point
DEW Line Cleanup.
Environmental Baseline Studies ....................
Demolition and Remediation Projects ...........
Nuna Development Project ............................
Drilling Program in the Colville River area ....
North Slope Big Bend 3D Seismic Survey ....
Colville River Delta Seismic Survey ..............
Umingmak 2015 Program Horseshoe Winter
Seismic Survey.
Ice Overflight Surveys ...................................
industry exploration activities in the
Chukchi Sea and adjacent western coast
of Alaska. The rule established subpart
I of 50 CFR part 18 and is effective until
June 11, 2018. The process under which
we issue LOAs to applicants and the
requirements that the holders of LOAs
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April 8, 2014.
June 11, 2014.
January 29, 2015.
January 15, 2015.
April 20, 2015.
January 16, 2014.
December 12,
2014.
May 16, 2014.
August 6, 2014.
December 23,
2014.
January 29, 2015.
January 14, 2015.
January 14, 2015.
January 15, 2014.
November 14,
2014.
January 29, 2015.
November 14,
2014.
July 28, 2015.
March 25, 2014.
June 11, 2014.
May 29, 2015.
February 13, 2014.
January 29, 2015.
February 11, 2014.
August 14, 2014.
December 23,
2014.
January 14, 2015.
must follow is the same as described
above for LOAs issued under 50 CFR 18,
subpart J.
In accordance with section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA and our
regulations at 50 CFR 18, subpart I, we
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issued LOAs to the following companies
in the Chukchi Sea:
CHUKCHI SEA LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION
Company
Activity
Project
Olgoonik Fairweather, LLC ..................
Shell Exploration and Production Company.
Shell Exploration and Production Company.
Shell Exploration and Production Company.
Shell Exploration and Production Company.
TGS ......................................................
TGS ......................................................
Exploration ..............
Exploration ..............
Environmental Studies ........................................................
Ice observation overflights ..................................................
July 23, 2014.
January 14, 2015.
Exploration ..............
Ice observation overflights (amended) ...............................
January 29, 2015.
Exploration ..............
Exploration Drilling Program in the Chukchi Sea ...............
June 30, 2015.
Exploration ..............
Exploration Drilling Program in the Chukchi Sea (amended).
Seismic Operations .............................................................
Seismic Operations (amended) ..........................................
July 24, 2015.
Exploration ..............
Exploration ..............
Dated: October 26, 2015.
Peter J. Probasco,
Acting Regional Director, Alaska Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–R–2015–N210; FF07RKDK00–
FVRS80810700000–XXX]
Proposed Information Collection;
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Bear
Viewing Survey
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
as part of our continuing efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. We
SUMMARY:
may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by January 4, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–Kodiak
Bear Viewing’’ in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
has partnered with Utah State
University to conduct a public survey of
visitors to the Kodiak National Wildlife
Refuge who participate in bear viewing
at structured and unstructured sites.
Date issued
Questions will address logistical aspects
of bear viewing (including the amount
of money visitors are willing to spend
on viewing and amenities), satisfaction
with current experiences (based on
number of bears, density of other
visitors, length of stay, and education
received), and reported changes to
attitudes and behavior related to bear
conservation based on visitors’
experiences on the refuge. Survey
results are crucial to understanding
public demands for and expectations of
bear viewing, so that the refuge can
better facilitate bear viewing
opportunities and better convey
educational messages on bear
management.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX.
Title: Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Bear Viewing Survey.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new
OMB Control Number.
Description of Respondents: Visitors
to Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge who
come for the purpose of viewing bears.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Completion
time per
response
(minutes)
Number of
responses
Activity
June 28, 2013.
September 11,
2013.
Total annual
burden hours
1,800
600
2
15
60
150
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
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Initial Contact ...............................................................................................................................
Online Survey ..............................................................................................................................
2,400
........................
210
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None
III. Comments
We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:
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• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-ES-2015-N152; FF07CAMM00- FX-FR133707REG00]
Marine Mammals; Letters of Authorization To Take Pacific Walrus
and Polar Bears, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Alaska
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (MMPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has
issued letters of authorization for the nonlethal take of polar bears
and Pacific walrus incidental to oil and gas industry exploration,
development, and production activities in the Beaufort Sea and the
adjacent northern coast of Alaska and incidental to oil and gas
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industry exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea and the adjacent
western coast of Alaska. These letters of authorization stipulate
conditions and methods that minimize impacts to polar bears and Pacific
walrus from these activities. These letters of authorization are
available electronically at the following location: https://www.fws.gov/alaska/fisheries/mmm/itr.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hendrick at the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management Office, 1011 East Tudor
Road, MS 341, Anchorage, AK 99503; (800) 362-5148 or (907) 786-3479.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 3, 2011, the Service published in
the Federal Register a final rule (76 FR 47010) establishing
regulations that allow us to authorize the nonlethal, incidental,
unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walrus
during year-round oil and gas industry exploration, development, and
production activities in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent northern coast
of Alaska. The rule established subpart J in part 18 of title 50 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and is effective through August 3,
2016. The rule prescribed a process under which we issue Letters of
Authorization (LOAs) to applicants conducting activities as described
under the provisions of the regulations.
Each LOA stipulates conditions or methods that are specific to the
activity and location. Holders of LOAs must use methods and conduct
activities in a manner that minimizes to the greatest extent
practicable adverse impacts on Pacific walrus and polar bears and their
habitat, and on the availability of these marine mammals for
subsistence purposes. Intentional take and lethal incidental take are
prohibited.
In accordance with section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361
et seq.) and our regulations at 50 CFR 18, subpart J, we issued LOAs to
each of the following companies in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent
northern coast of Alaska:
Beaufort Sea Letters of Authorization
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Company Activity Project Date issued
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Alaska Development and Export Development........................ North Slope February 10, 2014.
Authority. Liquefied
Natural Gas
Facility.
Alaska Development and Export Development........................ North Slope May 27, 2014.
Authority. Liquefied
Natural Gas
Facility
(amended).
Alaska Gasline Development Exploration........................ North Slope April 8, 2014.
Corporation. Geotechnical
drilling.
BP Exploration, Inc........... Exploration........................ North Prudhoe June 11, 2014.
Seismic Survey.
BP Exploration Alaska Inc..... Exploration........................ Winter Vibroseis January 29, 2015.
Seismic Survey.
Brooks Range Petroleum Development........................ Mustang January 15, 2015.
Corporation. Development
Program.
Caelus Natural Resources Development........................ Nuna Development April 20, 2015.
Alaska, LLC. Activities.
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.... Exploration........................ Environmental January 16, 2014.
Sampling and
Well Plug
Abandonment.
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.... Exploration & Development.......... North Slope December 12, 2014.
activities.
ExxonMobil Development Company Exploration........................ Preliminary May 16, 2014.
studies for
development of
Prudhoe Bay Gas
Plant.
ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC..... Exploration........................ Prudhoe Bay Unit August 6, 2014.
Hydrology
Studies.
ExxonMobil Development Company Exploration........................ Prudhoe Bay Unit December 23, 2014.
Field Studies.
ExxonMobil Development Company Exploration........................ Exploration January 29, 2015.
activities at
Point Thomson.
Geokinetics................... Exploration........................ Caelus and Great January 14, 2015.
Bear 3D Winter
Seismic Surveys.
Global Geophysical Services, Exploration........................ Kad River 3D January 14, 2015.
Inc. Winter Seismic
Surveys.
Global Geophysical Services, Exploration........................ Schrader Bluff January 15, 2014.
Inc. 3D Seismic
Survey.
Hilcorp Alaska, LLC........... Production......................... Operations at November 14, 2014.
the Milne
Point,
Endicott, and
Northstar
Facilities.
Hilcorp Alaska, LLC........... Exploration........................ Geotechnical January 29, 2015.
Investigation,
Sonar and Scour
Survey.
NordAq Energy, Inc............ Exploration........................ Tulimaniq November 14, 2014.
Exploration
Drilling
Project.
North Slope Borough........... Development........................ Pipeline July 28, 2015.
upgrades near
Barrow.
Olgoonik Specialty Development........................ Point Lonely, March 25, 2014.
Contractors, LLC. Oliktok Point,
and Bullen
Point DEW Line
Cleanup.
Olgoonik Fairweather, LLC..... Exploration........................ Environmental June 11, 2014.
Baseline
Studies.
Olgoonik Specialty Development........................ Demolition and May 29, 2015.
Contractors, LLC. Remediation
Projects.
Pioneer Natural Resources Development........................ Nuna Development February 13, 2014.
Alaska, Inc. Project.
Repsol E&P USA Inc............ Exploration........................ Drilling Program January 29, 2015.
in the Colville
River area.
SAExploration, Inc............ Exploration........................ North Slope Big February 11, 2014.
Bend 3D Seismic
Survey.
SAExploration, Inc............ Exploration........................ Colville River August 14, 2014.
Delta Seismic
Survey.
SAExploration, Inc............ Exploration........................ Umingmak 2015 December 23, 2014.
Program
Horseshoe
Winter Seismic
Survey.
Shell Exploration and Production......................... Ice Overflight January 14, 2015.
Production Company. Surveys.
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On June 12, 2013, we published in the Federal Register a final rule
(78 FR 35364) establishing regulations that allow us to authorize the
nonlethal, incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar
bears and Pacific walrus during year-round oil and gas industry
exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea and adjacent western coast of
Alaska. The rule established subpart I of 50 CFR part 18 and is
effective until June 11, 2018. The process under which we issue LOAs to
applicants and the requirements that the holders of LOAs must follow is
the same as described above for LOAs issued under 50 CFR 18, subpart J.
In accordance with section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA and our
regulations at 50 CFR 18, subpart I, we
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issued LOAs to the following companies in the Chukchi Sea:
Chukchi Sea Letters of Authorization
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Company Activity Project Date issued
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Olgoonik Fairweather, LLC....... Exploration.................. Environmental July 23, 2014.
Studies.
Shell Exploration and Production Exploration.................. Ice observation January 14, 2015.
Company. overflights.
Shell Exploration and Production Exploration.................. Ice observation January 29, 2015.
Company. overflights
(amended).
Shell Exploration and Production Exploration.................. Exploration June 30, 2015.
Company. Drilling Program
in the Chukchi
Sea.
Shell Exploration and Production Exploration.................. Exploration July 24, 2015.
Company. Drilling Program
in the Chukchi
Sea (amended).
TGS............................. Exploration.................. Seismic Operations June 28, 2013.
TGS............................. Exploration.................. Seismic Operations September 11, 2013.
(amended).
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Dated: October 26, 2015.
Peter J. Probasco,
Acting Regional Director, Alaska Region.
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