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proposed MMPA regulations for testing 

and training activities contain proposed 

acoustic criteria and thresholds that 

would, if adopted, represent changes 

from the criteria and thresholds 

currently employed by NMFS in 

incidental take authorizations and 

associated biological opinions for Navy 

military readiness activities. The revised 

thresholds are based on evaluations of 

recent scientific studies (see Finneran et 

al. (2010), Finneran and Schlundt 

(2010), and Tyack et al. (2011)). 

The proposed new criteria and 

thresholds based on the Finneran and 

Tyack studies have recently been made 

available for public comment, (AFTT: 

78 FR 7050, January 31, 2013; and 

HSTT: 78 FR 6978, January 31, 2013), 

and the public comments are still being 

evaluated. Until that process is 

complete, it is not appropriate to apply 

the new criteria and thresholds in any 

take authorization or associated 

biological opinion. 

Adaptive Management 

The Navy’s adaptive management of 

the GOA TMAA monitoring program 

involves close coordination with NMFS 

to align marine mammal monitoring 

with the overall objectives of the 

monitoring plan. Monitoring under the 

2011 LOA only represents the two years 

of a planned five-year effort. At this 

point, it would be premature to draw 

detailed conclusions or initiate 

comprehensive monitoring changes 

because the analysis of monitoring and 

other data is not complete. In addition, 

at the annual adaptive management 

meeting, NMFS and the Navy took into 

consideration, among other things, the 

study by Tyack et al. (2011) evaluating 

the documented responses of marine 

mammals to sonar to determine if it 

warranted additional mitigation or 

monitoring for beaked whales. During 

their October 2011 meeting, NMFS and 

the Navy determined that the study by 

Tyack et al. (2011) did not provide a 

basis for prescribing any additional 

mitigation or monitoring for beaked 

whales. The study itself makes no 

recommendations regarding potential 

additional mitigation or monitoring, and 

NMFS, the Navy, and the Marine 

Mammal Commission did not think that 

the new information included in the 

study lent itself to the incorporation of 

new mitigation measures. 

Authorization 

The Navy complied with the 

requirements of the 2011 LOA. Based on 

our review of the record, NMFS has 

determined that the marine mammal 

take resulting from the 2011 military 

readiness training and research 

activities falls within the levels 

previously anticipated, analyzed, and 

authorized. Further, the level of taking 

authorized from 2013 to 2016 for the 

Navy’s GOA TMAA activities is 

consistent with our previous findings 

made for the total taking allowed under 

the GOA TMAA regulations. Finally, the 

record supports NMFS’ conclusion that 

the total number of marine mammals 

taken by the 2013 to 2016 activities in 

the GOA TMAA will have no more than 

a negligible impact on the affected 

species or stocks of marine mammals 

and will not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of 

these species or stocks for taking for 

subsistence uses. Accordingly, NMFS 

has issued an LOA for Navy training 

and research activities conducted in the 

GOA TMAA from May 16, 2013, 

through May 4, 2016. 

Dated: May 20, 2013. 

Helen M. Golde, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Dated: May 20, 2013. 

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