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Click HERE to download the SURTASS LFA SEIS Executive Summary

Click HERE to download Volume 1 of the SURTASS LFA SEIS
(3.71 MB File)

Click HERE to download Volume 2 of the SURTASS LFA SEIS
(16.63 MB File)

The Record of Decision (ROD) for Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (SURTASS LFA) Sonar - 15 August 2007.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service has posted the SURTASS LFA Letter of Authorization on their web site.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service has posted the SURTASS LFA Sonar Final Rule on their web site.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service has posted the SURTASS LFA Sonar Annual Report on their web site.

Final Environmental Impact Statement for SURTASS LFA Sonar - January 2001

SURTASS LFA Final Rule - 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

The NDRC report: Sounding the Depths: Supertankers, Sonar, and the Rise of Undersea Noise is available on their web site.  Click HERE to read the report.

The Joint Interim Report - Bahamas Marine Mammal Stranding Event of 15-16 March 2000 is available on the NOAA/NMFS web site.  Click HERE to read the report.

GAO Report to the Honorable Patsy Mink, House of Representatives, Testing Needed to Prove SURTASS/LFA Effectiveness in Littoral Waters. Click Here to read the report.

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