Other Resources

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Final EIS/OEIS (Entire Documents)

• VACAPES Final EIS Vol 1 (18MB)
• VACAPES Final EIS Vol 2 Appendices A-L Full (46MB)

Final EIS/OEIS (Download by Chapter)

• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1 - Purpose and Need For Proposed Action
• Chapter 2 - Description of Proposed Action and Alternatives
• Chapter 3 - Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
• Chapter 4 - Other Considerations
• Chapter 5 - Mitigation Measures
• Chapter 6 - Cumulative Impacts
• Chapter 7 - References
• Chapter 8 - Glossary of Terms
• Chapter 9 - List of Preparers
• Chapter 10 - Distribution List
• Appendix A - Cooperating Agencies and Acceptance Letters (1MB)
• Appendix B - Notice of Intent and Notice of Availability (1MB)
• Appendix C - Agency Correspondence (2MB)
• Appendix D - Current Training Operations Description (1MB)
• Appendix E - Weapons Systems Description (14MB)
• Appendix F - Agency/Public Comments/Navy Responses and Public Hearing Information (23MB)
• Appendix G - Federal Consistency Determinations (15MB)
• Appendix H - Overview of Airborne and Underwater Acoustics (7MB)
• Appendix I - Statistical Probability Modeling for Munitions Impacts (7MB)
• Appendix J - Technical Risk Assessment for the Use of Underwater Explosives (7MB)
• Appendix K - Regulatory Framework (7MB)
• Appendix L - Record of Non-Applicability (7MB)

Documents

• Biological Evaluation
• Biological Evaluation Addendum
• VACAPES Final Rule in Federal Register
• VACAPES Record of Decision
• VACAPES Letter of Authorization
• VACAPES JAX CP 2009 Annual Biological Opinion
• VACAPES JAX CP 2009 Programmatic Biological Opinion
• Public Hearing Ad
• Agency and Public Comments
• Public Hearing Transcripts
• Notice of Intent for the VACAPES Range Complex EIS/OEIS
• Revised Notice of Intent for the VACAPES Range Complex EIS/OEIS
• Notice of Public Hearings
• Federal Register, NOAA Proposed Rule, December 12, 2008
• Navy OPAREA Density Estimates (NODE) for marine mammals and sea turtles in the Southeast OPAREAS: VACAPES, CHPT, JAX/CHASN, and Southeastern Florida & AUTEC-Andros (40MB)

Additional Agency Correspondence

• DE SHPO Concurrence Letter
• MD SHPO Concurrence Letter
• VA SHPO Concurrence Letter
• USFWS Concurrence Letter
• EPA Region III Letter
• Piping Plovers - Consultation on Navy's Three East Coast Range Complexes
• RE:Piping Plovers - Consultation on Navy's Three East Coast Range Complexes.msg

Fact Sheets

• Range Sustainability
• Acoustic Effects
• Alternatives
• Analysis
• Environmental Regulations
• Geography
• Non Acoustic Effects
• VA Research

Posters (2-5MB)

• Potential Acoustic Effects on Marine Life
• Analysis of Effects
• Need to Train and Alternatives Considered
• VACAPEs Training Areas
• Navy Mitigates Potential Effects to Marine Life
• Environmental Planning, Monitoring, and Research

Links

• The U.S. Navy's online resource for information concerning sonar and marine mammals
• Information about the Navy’s Undersea Warfare Training Range
• Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training
• Discovery of Sound in the Sea
• US Navy Marine Resource Assessments
• Letter of Authorization Request for VACAPES Range Complex