Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taurus Space Launch Vehicles at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA

Samenvatting

NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Air Force for an authorization to take small numbers of seals, sea lions and fur seals by harassment incidental to launches of Taurus space launch vehicles (Taurus SLV) at Launch Support Complex 576E (LSC- 576E), Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (Vandenberg). Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to authorize the incidental take, by harassment, of small numbers of Pacific harbor seals, and other seal and sea lion species, in the vicinity of Vandenberg for a period of 1 year.