Mariana Islands Training and Testing (“MITT”)

National Environmental Policy Act Documents

MITT 2015 Final Environmental Impact Statement

MITT 2015 Record of Decision

MITT 2015 Related Documents

March 2012 - Dive Distribution and Group Size Parameters for Marine Species Occurring in Navy Training and Testing Areas in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans
April 2012 -FDM Resource Assessment
April 2012 - Criteria and Thresholds for U.S. Navy Acoustic and Explosive Effects Analysis
February 2013 - Marine Mammal Stranding Report
September 2013 - Post Model Quantitative Analysis of Animal Avoidance Behavior and Mitigation Effectiveness for the Mariana Islands Training and Testing 2019 MITT Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
September 2013 - Determination of Acoustic Effects on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles for the Mariana Islands Training and Testing Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement
September 2013 - Pacific Navy Marine Species Density Database: Technical Report
March 2014 -Proposed Rule. Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Mariana Islands Training and Testing Study Area
May 2014 -Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
June 2014 -CNMI CZMA Consistency Determination
June 2014 -Guam CZMA Consistency Determination
February 2015 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife MITT Biological Opinion
June 2015 -NMFS Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Biological Opinion and Conference Report
July 2015 -NOAA Letter of Authorization
August 2015 - Final Rule. Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Mariana Islands Training and Testing Study Area
September 2015 -CNMI CZMA Consistency Determination
December 2015 -Enclosure 1: Supplemental Information to Support the U.S. Navy’s Consistency Determination for Military Training and Testing within the Coastal Zone of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island
August 2016 -NOAA Letter of Authorization
September 2017 -Biological Opinion on (1) U.S. Military Mariana Islands Training and Testing Activities; and (2) the National Marine Fisheries Service's promulgation of regulations and issuance of a letter of authorization pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act for the U.S. Navy to "take" marine mammals incidental to Mariana Islands Training and Testing activities from August 2015 through August 2020

MITT 2019 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

MITT 2020 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

MITT 2020 Record of Decision

MITT 2020 Related Documents

June 2017 - Criteria and Thresholds for U.S. Navy Acoustic and Explosive Effects Analysis (Phase III). Technical Report
June 2017 - Marine Mammal Strandings Associated with U.S. Navy Sonar Activities. Technical Report
March 2018 - Dive Distribution and Group Size Parameters for Marine Species Occurring in the U.S. Navy’s Mariana Islands Training and Testing Study Area
July 2018 - U.S. Navy Marine Species Density Database Phase III for the Mariana Islands Training and Testing Study Area
August 2018 - Quantifying Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles: Methods and Analytical Approach for Phase III Training and Testing

National Historic Preservation Act Documents

Section 106 Consultations

National Environmental Policy Act

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process begins when a federal agency develops a proposal to take a major federal action. These actions are defined at 40 CFR 1508.1. The environmental review under NEPA can involve three different levels of analysis:
1. Categorical Exclusion determination (CATEX)
2. Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI)
3. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
National Historic Preservation Act

Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) requires federal agencies to consider the effects on historic properties of projects they carry out, assist, fund, permit, license, or approve throughout the country. If a federal or federally-assisted project has the potential to affect historic properties, a Section 106 review will take place.
Section 106 gives the ACHP, interested parties, and the public the chance to weigh in on these matters before a final decision is made. This process is an important tool for citizens to lend their voice in protecting and maintaining historic properties in their communities.