NMFS Requests Comments on Proposal to Renew Incidental Harassment Authorization for California Sea Lions and Marine Mammals

Summary

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