Environmental Impact Statement on the Strategy to Reduce Ship Strikes to North Atlantic Right Whales

	Public Hearing Transcripts Jacksonville, FL 8/8/2006 Transcript [pdf] Baltimore, MD 8/10/2006 Transcript [pdf] Boston, MA 8/14/2006 Transcript [pdf]

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

• Draft Environmental Impact Statement [pdf] [28.5 MB]
  • Cover [pdf]
  • Title Page [pdf]
  • Executive Summary [pdf]
  • Table of Contents and Acronyms [pdf]
  • Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need [pdf]
  • Chapter 2 - Alternatives [pdf] [9.1 MB]
  • Chapter 3 - Affected Environment [pdf] [12.0 MB]
  • Chapter 4 - Environmental Impacts [pdf] [1.6 MB]
  • Chapter 5 - Regulatory Impact Review [pdf]
  • Chapter 6 - References [pdf]
  • Chapter 7 - Distribution List [pdf]
  • Chapter 8 - List of Preparers [pdf]
  • Appendices [pdf]

• Economic Analysis [pdf] [3.2 MB]
  • Appendices to the Economic Analysis [pdf] [3.6 MB]
• Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Strategy Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (6/22/05) [pdf] [66 KB]
• Federal Register Notice of Availability [pdf]
  (Published 7/7/2006, 71 FR 38640)
  • Revised Federal Register Notice of Availability [pdf]
    (Published 7/14/2006, 71 FR 36299)
  • Public Comment Period Extended Through October 5, 2006 [pdf]
    (Published 8/18/2006, 71 FR 47808)
• Federal Register Notice of Public Hearings [pdf]
  (Published 7/17/2006, 71 FR 40482)

The public comment period for the DEIS closed on October 5, 2006. Public comments received [pdf] [11.9 MB] during this comment period are available.