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02/10/2003 -The U.S. Navy released its final environmental impact statement.'0
The House Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife,
and Oceans held a hearing on the MMPA, including a panel on SURTASS
LFA."
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Navy
completed aJoint Interim Report -Bahamas Marine Mammal Stranding
Event of 15-16 March 2000.12
The General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report entitled Testing
Needed to Prove SURTASS/LFA Effectiveness in Littoral Waters.13
NOAA published a final rule authorizing the U.S. Navy to harass marine
mammals incidental to operating SURTASS LFA sonar.'4
The U.S. Navy published its record of decision on the world-wide deploy-
ment of its SURTASS LFA sonar system.'5
Five environmental groups and a concerned individual filed a lawsuit in
federal district court in San Francisco seeking to halt Navy deployment of
SURTASS LFA sonar (Natural Resources Defense Council v. Evans).
U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth LaPorte granted a preliminary injunction
halting Navy deployment of SURTASS LFA after finding NOAA
Fisheries issued the Navy a permit that likely violated federal law.16
U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth LaPorte approved a temporary agreement
between the Navy and environmental groups allowing limited testing of
SURTASS LFA while the federal court considered the lawsuit challenging
deployment."
The National Research Council published Ocean Noise and Marine
Mammals.'8i0 [http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/docs/FEIS%2OVol%201.pdf].
" [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?IPaddress=162.140.64.21&filename=75
640.pdf&directory=/diskc/wais/data/107_househearings].
12 [http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot res/overview/InterimBahamasReport.pdf].
" [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02692.pdf].
'" 67 Fed. Reg. 46712-46789.
'5 67 Fed. Reg. 48145-48154; [http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/docs/LFA%20EIS%20ROD.pdf].
16 NRDC press release at [http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/021031.asp], visited May 6,
2005. Natural Resources Defense Council v. Evans, N.D. Cal., No. C-02-3805, 232 F. Supp. 2d
1003 at [http://www.animallaw.info/cases/caus232fsupp2dl003.htm].
'7 [http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2002/2002-11-18-06.asp].
18 [http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309085365?OpenDocument].
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