National Marine Fisheries Service Comments on the Draft Application for the Cook Inlet Tidal Energy Project
This project must meet FERC’s criteria for Pilot projects to proceed under this licensing procedure. NMFS questions whether ORPC’s Cook Inlet project has 1) sufficiently met the criteria to avoid “sensitive ” locations and, 2) whether the draft license application is sufficient to support environmen...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.222.7654 2023-05-15T15:41:46+02:00 National Marine Fisheries Service Comments on the Draft Application for the Cook Inlet Tidal Energy Project I. Pilot License Criteria The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2009 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.222.7654 http://209.112.168.2/protectedresources/whales/beluga/development/orpc/fireisland/nmfscomments_orpc_licapp0509.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.222.7654 http://209.112.168.2/protectedresources/whales/beluga/development/orpc/fireisland/nmfscomments_orpc_licapp0509.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://209.112.168.2/protectedresources/whales/beluga/development/orpc/fireisland/nmfscomments_orpc_licapp0509.pdf text 2009 ftciteseerx 2022-01-30T01:24:49Z This project must meet FERC’s criteria for Pilot projects to proceed under this licensing procedure. NMFS questions whether ORPC’s Cook Inlet project has 1) sufficiently met the criteria to avoid “sensitive ” locations and, 2) whether the draft license application is sufficient to support environmental analysis. On April 17, 2007, FERC issued a preliminary permit to ORPC for two locations in Upper Cook Inlet (UCI), one site adjacent to Cairn Point in Knik Arm, the other adjacent to Fire Island. The endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) seasonally moves throughout much of Cook Inlet; however, some of the most valuable habitat for the whales is located in the region of UCI containing the two ORPC permitted sites. Both sites are located in an area designated as Type 1 Habitat of high value/high sensitivity as defined by the 2008 Conservation Plan for the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (Figure 1). Cairn Point is an area of defined sensitivity because it serves as a migratory corridor to the upper reaches of Knik Arm. Consequently, NMFS recommended that ORPC focus on the Fire Island site rather than Cairn Point. It is also possible that the project action area adjacent to Fire Island is a high use area for Cook Inlet belugas; however, there is insufficient data available to confirm this. Baseline studies of Text Beluga Beluga whale Beluga* Delphinapterus leucas Unknown Cairn ENVELOPE(-57.083,-57.083,-63.500,-63.500) |
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This project must meet FERC’s criteria for Pilot projects to proceed under this licensing procedure. NMFS questions whether ORPC’s Cook Inlet project has 1) sufficiently met the criteria to avoid “sensitive ” locations and, 2) whether the draft license application is sufficient to support environmental analysis. On April 17, 2007, FERC issued a preliminary permit to ORPC for two locations in Upper Cook Inlet (UCI), one site adjacent to Cairn Point in Knik Arm, the other adjacent to Fire Island. The endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) seasonally moves throughout much of Cook Inlet; however, some of the most valuable habitat for the whales is located in the region of UCI containing the two ORPC permitted sites. Both sites are located in an area designated as Type 1 Habitat of high value/high sensitivity as defined by the 2008 Conservation Plan for the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (Figure 1). Cairn Point is an area of defined sensitivity because it serves as a migratory corridor to the upper reaches of Knik Arm. Consequently, NMFS recommended that ORPC focus on the Fire Island site rather than Cairn Point. It is also possible that the project action area adjacent to Fire Island is a high use area for Cook Inlet belugas; however, there is insufficient data available to confirm this. Baseline studies of |
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