FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: MARINE MAMMALS; PROPOSED INCIDENTAL HARASSMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SOUTHERN BEAUFORT SEA STOCK OF POLAR BEARS DURING LEGACY WELL REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES, NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a notice called: Marine Mammals; Proposed Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Southern Beaufort Sea Stock of Polar Bears During Legacy Well Remediation Activities, North Slope of Alaska; Draft Environmental Assessment.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 13 by Peter Fasbender, Assistant Regional Director-Fisheries and Ecological Services, Alaska Region.

Summary: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in response to a request under the Marine Mammal Protection Act from the Bureau of Land Management, propose to authorize nonlethal incidental take by harassment of small numbers of Southern Beaufort Sea (SBS) polar bears ( Ursus maritimus) for 1 year fro...