Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project on Interstate 5 between Portland, OR, and Vancouver, WA
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register May 18, 2026. Document 2026-09884. Updated Nov. 11, 2026.
- What it does
NMFS, upon request from the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program (IBRP), issues this final rule and associated 5-year letter of authorization (LOA) pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to construction activities conducted in support of the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project (IBR Project) on Interstate 5 (I-5) between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, over the course of 5 years. This final rule prescribes the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species and their habitat and establishes requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
- Compared with
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has published 185 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 184 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0648-BN34 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
This final rule and LOA are effective from September 15, 2027, through September 14, 2032.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-09884 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule; notice of issuance of letter of authorization. |
| Agencies | Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Published | May 18, 2026 |
| Effective date | Sept. 15, 2027 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0648-BN34 |
| Docket | NOAA-NMFS-2025-0273 |
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