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On January 21, 2009, the Navy, with the NMFS as a cooperating agency, published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register to prepare a SEIS/SOEIS for the employment of SURTASS LFA sonar (DoN, 2009a). In the NOI, the Navy and NMFS solicited scoping comments on the above topics to include OBIAs, greater coastal standoff, and cumulative effects. At the end of the 45-day scoping period, no comments were received.
Commencing with the filing of the Draft SEIS/SOEIS with the U.S. EPA, copies of the SURTASS LFA Sonar Draft SEIS/SOEIS have been distributed to agencies and officials of the federal, state, and local governments, citizens groups and associations, and other interested parties.
A 60-day public review and comment period on the Draft SEIS/SOEIS will commence when the Notice of Availability (NOA) is published in the Federal Register. Public hearings will be held as necessary.
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