; Expanded Rice’s Whale Protection Efforts During Reinitiated Consultation with NMFS (BOEM NTL No. 2023–G01; August 17, 2023), or a substantially similar document. (5) State The term State means each of the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. (6) Stipulated Agreement The term Stipulated Agreement means the document titled Stipulated Agreement to Stay Proceedings (July 21, 2023; Docket No. 8:20–cv–03060–DLB) and entered into by the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, and Turtle Island Restoration Network and the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Assistant Administrator.