Incidental Take Authorization: U.S. Navy Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) (2015–2020)
Summary
NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations and Letters of Authorization (LOA) under the MMPA to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities conducted in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area from November 2015–November 2020.
Project areas
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Supporting Materials
- Revised LOA Application (PDF, 276 pages)
- Issued LOAs (Training and Testing)
- Record of Decision (ROD) (PDF, 20 pages)
- U.S. Navy & NMFS OPR Request for NMSA sec 304(d) Consultation (PDF, 1 page)
- Sanctuary Resource Statement for NMSA sec 304(d) Consultation (PDF, 51 pages)
- NMSA sec 304(d) Consultation Letter of Receipt (PDF, 2 pages)
- NMSA sec 304(d) Consultation Response Letter (PDF, 120 pages)
- ESA Section 7 Biological Opinion and Conference Report (PDF, 720 pages)
- Environmental Impact Statement
- U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring and Reporting