# Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Alaska LNG Project in Cook Inlet
> **Rule** · Final rule; notification of issuance of Letter of Authorization. · Published 2025-12-11 · Effective 2026-01-01 · 90 FR 57546
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-22513
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 57546
- **Publication date:** 2025-12-11
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 251205-0179
## Abstract

NMFS, upon request from 8 Star Alaska, LLC (8 Star Alaska), which is jointly owned by Glenfarne and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), is promulgating regulations to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Cook Inlet, Alaska, over the course of 5 years. These regulations, which allow for the issuance of a Letter of Authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the specified activities in the specified geographical region during the effective dates of the regulations, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/11/2025-22513/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to)
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