 U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason, in a decision on Tuesday, found the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management failed in its analysis of the impact of ship noise on Cook Inlet beluga whales, which are listed as protected under the Endangered Species Act. She also found problematic the agency's lumping together of the beluga whales and other marine mammals when weighing cumulative impacts, noting that the Cook Inlet belugas have been impacted differently than other marine mammals in Cook Inlet bypassed actions.