Document Archive: Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Strategy
Proposed Rule
- Federal Register Notice [pdf]
(Published 6/26/2006, 71 FR 36299)- Public Comment Period Extended Through October 5, 2006 [pdf]
(Published 8/14/2006, 71 FR 46440)
- Public Comment Period Extended Through October 5, 2006 [pdf]
- Press Release [pdf]
- Summary of the Rule [pdf]
- Fact Sheet [pdf]
- Public comments received [pdf] [36.0 MB] are available. The public comment period for the Proposed Rule closed on October 5, 2006.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
- Draft Environmental Impact Statement [pdf] [28.5 MB]
- The DEIS is also available for download by chapter.
- Economic Analysis for the DEIS [pdf] [3.2 MB]
- Appendices to the Economic Analysis [pdf] [3.6 MB]
- Federal Register Notice of Availability [pdf]
(Published 7/7/2006, 71 FR 38640) - Federal Register Notice of Public Hearings [pdf]
(Published 7/17/2006, 71 FR 40482) - DEIS Public Hearing Transcripts
- Jacksonville, FL Transcript [pdf] (8/8/2006)
- Baltimore, MD Transcript [pdf] (8/10/2006)
- Boston, MA Transcript [pdf] (8/14/2006)
- Washington, DC Transcript* [pdf] (8/22/2006)
(*hearing for American Association of Port Authorities)
- Public comments received [pdf] [11.9 MB] are available. The public comment period for the DEIS closed on October 5, 2006.
Additional Documents
- ANPR on Proposed Right Whale Ship Strike Strategy (6/1/04) [pdf] [1.0 MB]
- Public Comments on the Ship Strike ANPR [pdf] [12.2 MB]
- Public Meetings Presentation: NOAA Fisheries' Proposed Strategy to Reduce Ship Strikes of North Atlantic Right Whales [pdf] [3.5 MB]
- Technological Alternatives to the Problem of North Atlantic Right Whale Ship Strikes [pdf]
