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Link: index: Submit Share Ebook PDF Link: start: Minecraft Admin Guide Link: prev: Cavi Sezioni e lunghezze dei conduttori Link: next: Planning Office Spaces Link: canonical * Home * Featured * Latest * FAQ * Submit Ebook PDF Submit Share Ebook PDF Beta Icon ___________________________________________________ [ ] Submit Ebook Shell 2010 Chukchi Sea Revised IHA Application View Online Shell 2010 Chukchi Sea Revised IHA Application PDF 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars Share Source: nmfs.noaa.gov File size: 1.2 MB Pages: 101 page(s) View Online Download Content Inside Application for Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Non-Lethal Taking of Whales and Seals in Conjunction with Planned 2010 Exploration Drilling Program Chukchi Sea, Alaska Submitted by: Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. 3601 C Street, Suite 1000 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Originally Submitted - May 2009 Revised Submittal - December 2009 Second Revised Submittal - April 2010 Application for Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Non-Lethal Taking of Whales and Seals in Conjunction with Planned 2010 Exploration Drilling Program Chukchi Sea, Alaska Table of Contents Page Executive Summary . 1 1. A detailed description of the specific activity or class of activities that can be expected to result in incidental taking of marine mammals:. 2 2. The dates and duration of such activity and the specific geographic region where it will occur: . 5 3. Species and Numbers of Marine Mammals in Area . 6 4. Status, Distribution and Seasonal Distribution of Affected Species or Stocks of Marine Mammals . 8 5. Type of Incidental Take Authorization Requested . 17 6. Numbers of Marine Mammals That May be Taken:. 18 6.1 Exposure Estimates for Exploration Drilling. 18 7. The anticipated impact of the activity on the species or stock:. 32 8. The anticipated impact of the activity on the availability of the species or stocks of marine mammals for subsistence uses: . 44 9. Anticipated impact on habitat: . 46 10. Anticipated impact of habitat loss or modification:. 47 11. The availability and feasibility (economic and technological), methods, and manner of conducting such activity or means of effecting the least practicable impact upon affected species or stock, their habitat, and of their availability for subsistence uses, paying particular attention to rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of similar significance:. 47 12. Where the proposed activity would take place in or near a traditional Arctic subsistence hunting area and/or may affect the availability of a species or stock of marine mammal for Arctic subsistence uses, the applicant must submit a plan of cooperation or information that identifies what measures have been taken and/or will be taken to minimize any adverse effects on the availability of marine mammals for subsistence uses. A plan must include the following: . 48 12.1 A statement that the applicant has notified and provided the affected subsistence community with a draft plan of cooperation. 48 12.2 A schedule for meeting with the affected subsistence communities to discuss proposed activities and to resolve potential conflicts regarding any aspects of either the operation or the plan of cooperation. . 49 12.3 A description of what measures the applicant has taken and/or will take to ensure that proposed activities will not interfere with subsistence whaling or sealing;. 50 13. The suggested means of accomplishing the necessary monitoring and reporting that will result in increased knowledge of the species, the level of taking or impacts on the population of marine mammals that are expected to be present while conducting activities and suggested means of minimizing burdens by coordinating such reporting requirements with other schemes already applicable to persons conducting such activity. Monitoring plans should include a description of the survey techniques that would be used to determine the movement and activity of marine mammals near the activity site(s) including migration and other habitat uses, such as feeding:. 51 14. Suggested means of learning of, encouraging, and coordinating research opportunities, plans, and activities relating to reducing such incidental taking and evaluating its effects: . 51 Cited Literature . 53 Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. i Application for Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Non-Lethal Taking of Whales and Seals in Conjunction with Planned 2010 Exploration Drilling Program Chukchi Sea, Alaska FIGURE Figure 1-1 Exploration Plan Location Map . 4 TABLES Table 1-1 Chukchi Sea 2010 Exploration Drilling Program - Lease Blocks . 2 Table 1-2 Chukchi Sea 2010 Exploration Drilling Program - Proposed Vessel and Aircraft List. 3 Table 2-1 Drill site locations and water depths. 6 Table 3-1 The habitat, abundance , and conservation status of marine mammals inhabiting the area . 7 Table 5-1 Comparison of the specifications for the Northern Explorer II and Frontier Discoverer (World Oil 2003). 18 Table 6-1 Expected densities of cetaceans and seals in areas of the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, for the planned summer (July-August) period. Species listed under the U.S. ESA as Endangered are in italics. 22 Table 6-2 Expected densities of cetaceans and seals in areas of the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, for the fall (September-October) period. Species listed under the U.S. ESA as Endangered are in italics.24 Table 6-3 Sound propagation modeling results of drilling activities at three locations in the Chukchi Sea26 Table 6-4 The number of potential exposures of marine mammals to received sound levels in the water of >=120 dB rms and (>=160 dB rms) during planned activities in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, summer (July-August) 2010. 28 Table 6-5 The number of potential exposures of marine mammals to received sound levels in the water of >=120 dB rms and (>=160 dB rms) during planned activties in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, fall (September-October) 2010. 29 Table 6-6 Summary of the number of potential exposures of marine mammals to received sound levels in the water of >=120 dB rms and (>=160 dB rms) . 30 List of Attachments Attachment A Attachment B Attachment C Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. Equipment Specifications Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (4MP) Plan of Cooperation (POC) ii Application for Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Non-Lethal Taking of Whales and Seals in Conjunction with Planned 2010 Exploration Drilling Program Chukchi Sea, Alaska List of Acronyms 4MP Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation Plan u Pa micropascal ADF&G AEWC AHD AISC ATOC BCB BWASP CAA CFR CI CV COMIDA Discoverer dB EP EWC ft IHA IUCN km m mi MMPA MMO MMS MONM NMFS NMML NSB NWAB OCS OSR OSRB OSRV OST POC PTS RL rms Shell TTS TK USFWS Alaska Department of Fish and Game Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission nonpulse acoustic harassment devices Alaska Ice Sea Commission Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort stock (bowheads) Bowhead Whale Aerial Survey Program Conflict Avoidance Agreement Code of Federal Regulations Confidence Interval Coefficient of Variation Chukchi Sea Offshore Monitoring in Drilling Area Frontier Discoverer decibel Exploration Plan Eskimo Walrus Commission feet Incidental Harassment Authorization International Union for the Conservation of Nature kilometers meters statute miles Marine Mammal Protection Act Marine Mammal Observer Minerals Management Service Marine Operations Noise Model (Jasco) National Marine Fisheries Service National Marine Mammal Laboratory North Slope Borough Northwest Arctic Borough Outer Continental Shelf Oil Spill Response Oil Spill response Barge Oil Spill Response Vessel Oil Spill Tanker Plan of Cooperation Permanent Threshold Shift Received Level root mean squares Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. Temporary Threshold Shift Traditional Knowledge United States Fish and Wildlife Service Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. iii Application for Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Non-Lethal Taking of Whales and Seals in Conjunction with Planned 2010 Exploration Drilling Program Chukchi Sea, Alaska Executive Summary As described herein, during the 2010 drilling season, Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. (Shell) plans to drill up to three exploration wells at three drill sites in the Chukchi Sea on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leases acquired from the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS). Shell plans to use the M/V Frontier Discoverer (Discoverer) drillship, attended by a minimum of seven support vessels for the purposes of ice management, anchor handling, oil spill response (OSR), refueling, and resupply. The Discoverer is an industry-standard, ice-reinforced drillship similar to those routinely used in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas since the 1980s, as well as elsewhere in the world's oceans. During drilling and associated operations, the drillship will emit near continuous non-pulse sounds that ensonify only very limited areas of the ocean bottom and intervening water column. Since the early 1990s, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs) to industry for the non-lethal taking of small numbers of marine mammals related to the non-pulse, continuous sounds generated by offshore exploration drilling. Shell requests an IHA pursuant to Section 101 (a) (5) (D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), 16 U.S.C. S: 1371 (a) (5), to allow non-lethal takes of whales and seals incidental to the exploration drilling program. Shell has calculated the estimated take of marine mammals from the low-level non-pulse sound generating sources active during drilling operations and, as detailed herein, determined that any takes that might result from the planned operations would not be of biological significance to marine mammal populations. The only anticipated impacts to marine mammals associated with the drilling exploration program that might result in a take are propagation of sounds from the drillship. Any impacts to whales and seals would be temporary and result in only short-term displacement of seals and whales from within ensonified zones produced by such a sound source. For example, an impact analysis of underwater sound generated by the planned 2010 exploration drilling program (included herein) determined that only 11 bowhead whales would be exposed to sounds >=160 decibels (dB) re 1 uPa root mean squares (rms) equaling <1 percent of the population. An even smaller percentage of seal populations in the Chukchi Sea would be exposed to underwater sounds in excess of 160 dB re 1 uPa rms. The small numbers of other whale species and seals that may occur in the Chukchi Sea are unlikely to be present around the planned exploration drilling activities. In regard to the subsistence harvest of bowhead whale in the Chukchi Sea, as a consequence of Shell's planned mitigation measures any effects on the bowhead whale as a subsistence resource also will be negligible. The organization of this request for IHA follows the organization of Chapter 50 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 216.104 (a). The remainder of this document is organized as to follow 50CFRS:216.104 (a) (1)-(14). Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. 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