The U.S. Department of the Navy has prepared and filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Overseas Environmental Impact Statement. This draft SEIS analyzes the potential impact of SURTASS LFA sonar on the five common bottlenose dolphin stocks comprising the Hawaiian Islands Stock Complex (Kauai/Niiahu, Oahu, 4-Islands, Hawaii Island, and Hawaii Pelagic).
Public comment period on this draft Navy SEIS will end December 8, 2014.
Click here to read Federal Register notice of this draft Navy SEIS.
