13 December 



Interior, commenting to the Minerals Management 

 Service on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

 on OCS lease sale #78 and recommending that 

 the Service consult with the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service to determine: (1) if all 

 available sighting and stranding data were 

 considered in reevaluating the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service's Biological Opinion concerning 

 the possible direct and indirect effects of the 

 proposed action on endangered cetaceans, 

 especially right whales and humpback whales; 



(2) if these data warrant reassessment of certain 

 conclusions provided in that Biological Opinion; 



(3) whether additional information, studies, 

 monitoring programs, and lease stipulations are 

 necessary to assure that right, humpback, or other 

 endangered whales would not be affected adversely 

 by the proposed action; and (4) whether local 

 populations of bottlenose dolphins or other 

 non-endangered marine mammals might be affected 

 adversely by the proposed action. 



17 December 

 20 December 



Interior/Commerce, scientific research permit 

 application. Mote Marine Laboratory. 



Interior, scientific research permit application, 

 Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. 



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