Shell Receives Incidental Harassment Authorization for Offshore Drilling in Beaufort Sea, Alaska

Summary

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued an authorization to Shell Offshore Inc. to incidentally harass marine mammals while conducting offshore drilling operations on Outer Continental Shelf leases in the Beaufort Sea, in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations.

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