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ESA and MMPA Incidental Take Permits
2019 MMPA 7-Year Final Rule
2019 MMPA 7-Year Letter of Authorization (LOA) for SURTASS LFA Sonar Training and Testing Activities
2019 ESA Programmatic Biological Opinion/Incidental Take Statement for SURTASS LFA Sonar (effective with 2019 MMPA 7-Year Final Rule from 2019 to 2026)
2019 MMPA 7-Year Proposed Rule
Potential Marine Mammal Offshore Biologically Important Areas for SURTASS LFA Sonar: Marine Areas Under Consideration
Harbor Porpoise Desktop Study (February 28, 2019)
2018 MMPA Application for Rulemaking and a Letter of Authorization
2018 ESA Biological Evaluation to Initiate Section 7 Consultation
2017 National Defense Exemption (NDE) to MMPA
2017 ESA 5-Year (2017-2022) Biological Opinion/Incidental Take Statement for SURTASS LFA Sonar
2012 MMPA 5-Year Final Rule for SURTASS LFA Sonar
2016 to 2017 MMPA Letters of Authorization
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2016 NMFS Notice, Issuance of Four Letters of Authorization
2016 to 2017 ESA Section 7 Biological Opinion/Conference Report
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2015 NMFS Notice, Issuance of Four Letters of Authorization
2015 to 2016 ESA Section 7 Biological Opinion/Conference Report
Annual and Comprehensive Mitigation Monitoring Reports
2019-2020 Annual Report of SURTASS LFA Sonar Training and Testing Activities (December 2020)
Annual Report of the SURTASS LFA Sonar Marine Mammal Monitoring (M3) Program 2020 (December 2020)
NDE Annual Report: 2018 to 2019 (October 2019)
NDE Annual Report: 2017 to 2018 (October 2018)
Final Comprehensive Report for Operation of SURTASS LFA Sonar (December 2016)
Annual Report 1: 2012 to 2013 (October 2013)
Annual Report 2: 2013 to 2014 (November 2014)
Annual Report 3: 2014 to 2015 (September 2015)
Annual Report 4: 2015 to 2016 (October 2016)
Annual Report 5: 2016 to 2017 (September 2017)
Final Comprehensive Report for Operation of SURTASS LFA Sonar (December 2011)
NEPA and Executive Order 12114 Documentation
2019 (August) Record of Decision
2019 (June) Final SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar Training and Testing Activities
2018 (August) Draft SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar Training and Testing Activities
Notice of availability of the SURTASS LFA Draft SEIS/SOEIS, September 7, 2018 (83 FR 174: 45442) (EIS No. 20180203)
2017 (June) Final SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar
Notice of availability of the SURTASS LFA Final SEIS/SOEIS, July 7, 2017 (82 FR 129: 31597) (EIS No. 20170121)
2016 (August) Draft SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar
Notice of availability of the SURTASS LFA Draft SEIS/SOEIS, August 26, 2016 (81 FR 166)
2015 (June) Notice of Intent to Prepare SEIS/SOEIS
2015 (March) Supplemental Record of Decision
Notice of Supplemental Decision and Availability, April 2, 2015 (80 FR 17732)
2015 (January) Final SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar
2014 (October) Draft SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar
2014 Notice of Intent to Prepare SEIS/SOEIS
2012 (August) Record of Decision for SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS
2012 (June) Final SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar: Executive Summary
2012 (June) Final SURTASS LFA SEIS
2011 Draft SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar: Chapters 1-10
2011 Draft SEIS/SOEIS for SURTASS LFA Sonar: Appendices A-E
2009 Notice of Intent to Prepare SEIS/SOEIS
2007 SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Vol. 1
2007 SURTASS LFA Sonar SEIS/SOEIS Vol. 2
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Harbor Porpoise Desktop Study (February 28, 2019)
Beaked Whale and Harbor Porpoise Research Recommendations (July 2017), 2012 Final Rule, Monitoring and Reporting Requirement
2013 Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) Report on Potential Effects of SURTASS LFA Sonar on Beaked Whales and Harbor Porpoises
The Record of Decision (ROD) for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar – August 2012
The Record of Decision (ROD) for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar – 15 August 2007
Final Environmental Impact Statement for SURTASS LFA Sonar – January 2001
NOAA’s Final Rule on SURTASS LFA sonar – 16 July 2002
The ROD for SURTASS LFA Sonar – 23 July 2002
SURTASS LFA High Frequency Marine Mammal Monitoring (HF/M3) Sonar: System Description and Test & Evaluation, 26 November 1999, Rev November 2001
Selection of 180 dB as the Upper Reference Point in the Risk Continuum for SURTASS LFA Sonar Signals
Review of the potential for in vivo tissue damage by exposure to underwater sound
GAO Report to the Honorable Patsy Mink, House of Representatives, Testing Needed to Prove SURTASS/LFA Effectiveness in Littoral Waters
SURTASS LFA transmissions (with whale songs) (979K Audio file)