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Public Comment Period: NOAA Draft Marine Mammal Acoustic Guidance
Greetings,
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pleased to
announce the availability of a revised version of the "Draft NOAA
Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine
Mammal Hearing: Acoustic Threshold Levels for Onset of Permanent and
Temporary Threshold Shifts" for a *second 45-day public comment period
that opens July 31, 2015*. The changes to the updated version of this
document are based on recent science and comments from the initial
public comment period (December 2013-March 2014).
NOAA has developed draft guidance for assessing the effects of
anthropogenic sound on marine mammal species under NOAA’s jurisdiction.
The guidance, based on the best available science, provides updated
received levels, or acoustic threshold levels, above which individual
marine mammals are predicted to experience changes in their hearing
sensitivity (either temporary or permanent) for all underwater
anthropogenic sound sources. This guidance is intended to be used by
NOAA analysts and managers, other federal agencies, and other relevant
user groups and stakeholders who are seeking to determine if their
activities are expected to result in particular types of impacts to
marine mammals via acoustic exposure.
Electronic copies of the document can be found at:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/acoustics/guidelines.htm__and the Federal
eRulemaking Portal__http://www.regulations.gov
<http://www.regulations.gov/>. Comments may also be submitted via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal beginning July 31st
(http://www.regulations.gov <http://www.regulations.gov/>, search for
NOAA-NMFS-2013-0177).
Thank you for your interest in the guidance document. For more
information, please contact Amy Scholik-Schlomer (amy.scho...@noaa.gov
<mailto:amy.scho...@noaa.gov>or 301 427-8449).
Jonathan Shannon
/Outreach Specialist/
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office: 301-427-8431
jonathan.shan...@noaa.gov <mailto:jonathan.shan...@noaa.gov>
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