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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:47:39 -0800
Subject: MMC Advisory Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals,
2nd plenary meeting (fwd)
The Marine Mammal Commission is pleased to announce the second meeting of
the Advisory Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals:
Wednesday, 28 April - Friday, 30 April 2004
Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
22202
phone 703-486-1111 or 800-862-7666, fax 703-769-3955 (reservations under
Marine Mammal Commission group, please reserve by April 7)
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This meeting will focus on techniques for risk assessment of acoustic
impacts on marine mammals. It will include presentations on past and
current risk analysis approaches, and on the Noise Exposure Criteria being
developed by NOAA Fisheries.
The meeting is open to the public and will be announced in the Federal
Register. A draft meeting agenda and any background documents will be
available on the Commission's website at <a
href="http://mmc.gov/sound/welcome.html";
rel="nofollow">http://mmc.gov/sound/welcome.html</a>.
Guidelines for making public comment to the Advisory Committee are also
available on the website.
We hope you will be able to attend this important meeting. Please note that
the Advisory Committee's third meeting is tentatively scheduled for July
27-29, 2004 in California.
Please feel free to distribute this announcement. If you prefer not to
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Erin Vos, MEM
Sound Project Manager
Marine Mammal Commission
4340 East-West Highway, Rm. 905
Bethesda, MD 20814
main office: 301-504-0087
direct line: 301-504-0300
fax: 301-504-0099
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: www.mmc.gov
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