UPDATED: July 3, 2017.
NOAA is extending the public comment period, originally scheduled to end July 6, for an additional 15 days, scheduled to end July 21. This action is not related to a separate public notice released today by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which concerns preparation of a new five-year leasing program (including the Atlantic Ocean) through August 17.
NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on proposals under the Marine Mammal Protection Act that would allow companies that are proposing to conduct geophysical surveys in the Atlantic Ocean using seismic air guns to incidentally, but not intentionally, harass marine mammals.