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Peer Review Plans
Title and Description:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Guidance on Initial Determinations for Assessing the Potential Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals
This document provides guidance on initial determinations for assessing the effects of anthropogenic sound on marine mammal species, under the National Oceanic and Atmostpheric Administrations's (NOAA's) jurisdiction. It provides a transparent and over-arching set guidelines for initial assessments on the potential effects of sound on individual marine mammals under our relevant statutes by our applicable office(s) (e.g., National Marine Fisheries Service’s [NMFS] Office of Protected Resources). It is intended to be used by NOAA analysts/managers and other relevant stakeholders, including other federal agencies.
ID: 43 Info. Type: HISA
Estimated Dissemination Date: 12/31/2012
Contact Person:Karl Moline NOAA Locator
Date First Posted in Peer Review Agenda: 12/16/2005
Estimated Peer Review Start Date: 6/30/2012
Review type: individual letters
Expected number of peer reviewers: 4-10
Peer reviewers will be selected by: a designated outside agency
Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers? yes
Scientific/professional society (e.g., Marine Mammal Commission) will be asked to nominate peer reviewers.
Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed? yes
How? Proposed policy comment period; Comment period on NEPA documents.
When? 12/2012 (after final peer review report)
Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? No
Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Reviewers will have expertise in acoustics, acoustics in the marine environment, acoustic ecology, behavior, and marine mammal hearing.
Comments on Peer Review:
The charge statement has not yet been created.
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