NMFS Requests Comments on Proposal to Authorize Incidental Take of Marine Mammals for SF-OBB Construction

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is seeking public comments on a proposal to issue an incidental take authorization to the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) to incidentally take small numbers of California sea lions, Pacific harbor seals, harbor porpoises, and gray whales during the construction of the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (SF-OBB) in California for a period of 1 year.