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216.175—Requirements for monitoring and reporting.

(e) Annual HRC Monitoring Plan Report—The Navy shall submit a report annually on October 1 describing the implementation and results (through August 1 of the same year) of the HRC Monitoring Plan, described in § 216.175(b). Data collection methods will be standardized across range complexes to allow for comparison in different geographic locations. Although additional information will be gathered, the marine mammal observers (MMOs) collecting marine mammal data pursuant to the HRC Monitoring Plan shall, at a minimum, provide the same marine mammal observation data required in § 216.175(f)(1).
The HRC Monitoring Plan Report may be provided to NMFS within a larger report that includes the required Monitoring Plan Reports from multiple Range Complexes.
(1) The modeled injury threshold radius for the largest explosive used in that exercise type in that OPAREA (91 m for SINKEX in HRC);
(2) The required exclusion zone (1 nm for SINKEX in HRC);
(3) The required observation distance (if different than the exclusion zone (2 nm for SINKEX in HRC); and
(4) Greater than the required observed distance. For example, in this case, the observer would indicate if < 91 m, from 91 m—1 nm, from 1 nm—2 nm, and > 2 nm.
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