Permit and Permission Resources
This page has been put together to help PI's, schedulers and ship operators determine if permits and/or special permission is needed for research cruises. Listed below are links that will hopefully aid in finding out what permits/permissions are needed and how to apply.
Contents:
Marine Sanctuaries
&
Marine Protected Areas:
Permits would be needed for anything that is normally prohibited within the sanctuary in which you enter. Each sanctuary page has specific information on what is prohibited and contains contact information.
National Marine Sanctuaries
http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/welcome.html
Sanctuary Locations and Specific Pages for Each Sanctuary
http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/oms/oms.html
Under the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary page there is
a copy of the regulations for sanctuaries that authorizes the sanctuaries
and gives them the rationale for issuing permits. They only included
the specific section for Monterey Bay, but all the general regulations
are included.
http://www.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/Resourcepro/regulations.html
The U.S. Code on Conservation and Dealing with Marine Sanctuaries
in its entirety can be found at:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/16/ch32.html
Marine Mammal Protection
Act
Endangered Species Act
Acoustic Research
Marine Mammals Protection Act
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/laws/MMPA/MMPA.html
Endangered Species Act from the U.S. Code:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/16/ch35.html
NSF Guidelines on Permitting and Clearance Procedures
for Acoustic Research
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/pubs/seismic_reflection_equip_policy.jsp
ONR's approach to Permits for Acoustics Research:
http://www.mlml.calstate.edu/unols/council/cncmt006/navr.html
Take and Transport of Marine Mammals Permit (PDF File)
http://international.fws.gov/permits/mmpa.pdf
Endangered Species Act: Incidental Takes Permit
http://endangered.fws.gov/hcp/hcpplan.html
Office of Protected Resources - National Marine Fisheries Service
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/prot_res.html
Index of permit pages:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/overview/permits.html
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Permits page:
http://permits.fws.gov/
Fish and Wildlife Links to state permitting agencies:
http://offices.fws.gov/statelinks.html
DOE's links to Federal Environmental Laws:
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/oepa/laws/
National Environmental Policy Act:
http://archnet.asu.edu/archnet/topical/crm/usdocs/nepa1.htm
Executive Order 12114: ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ABROAD
OF MAJOR FEDERAL ACTIONS
http://archnet.asu.edu/archnet/topical/crm/usdocs/nepa13.htm
Clearances in the
EEZ of Foreign Countries
U.S. State Department Office of Ocean Affairs
Liz Tirpak
tirpakej@state.gov, (202) 647-0238
and
Roberta Barnes
barnesrm@state.gov, (202) 647-0240
Procedures & Forms available at http://www.state.gov/g/oes/ocns/rvc/.
Information once presented as "NTRVOs" is now available via "Country Files" http://www.state.gov/g/oes/ocns/rvc/24243.htm.