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~WJU, OF !19.?i""'.~X(;LtT.S:I~ GEOl?~¥~~¢AI; $'Q.RVEY PEBMITS 'ON TIDE A..'lD SUBMERGED L..?illDS UNDER 'l'HE JURISDICTION OF THE

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APPLICANTS: See-Exhibit "A".

REQUESTED ACTION: The commissio~ has before "it req\iests from nineteen applicants for renewal. .of non­.exclusive gepphysi.cal surv~y pe~~t~ on· _tide and sub?B~rg.e~ lands -unde_r- the Co~+ssion' s j~risdiction. · ,_

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Staff reco~ends that the ~9nh4~sio.~,~e~Y:~~new~l of the .nineteen N()n-Exclusive. Geophy;S·i¢ill'l 'Permits.

~ as request~!i. Staff further recommends r appr9va;t of ·an amended Limited . Non-Exclusive -Geophysical

: Per;nli 1; _to b~ ·issued· to the · nine~eel\ applic~nts. ~h~ amended permit would a~*ow ,9nly thos~ ge'Qphy~·ical SUJ;"Ve.ys which. . _µ~·e. '- l:ow-ene-;-gy . acoqstic::a1 or passiv~ survey, eqU,ip:mEµtt. .such surveys would be 9onducte~ on ti~e and·~~pmerged 1aJ;\ds under the juri::;¢lict~on qt th~ St~te- :~nds Commission within permit regions I, l:I;, IIJ:. and IV as ~~picted9n Exhibit"~"· fiereto. ',

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st~~f also recommends that ~e Comm.iss;9n ·lJlodify five permits w~~ch e;iCpire after Septeinl::ier· 28, 1987, so ~at sucn:penr.its are s~ject to the same· li:mita1;ioris, terms: and· conditions a~. thqse ·new p~its ·which ~e commissio~- may au~ho~i~e. Sue~ inodific;atio11 wou:Ld pe effective on _ Qctob~~ 28, 1987, after thirty· g_ays nc;>tice, ~s r~qu.ireq under"' the cur.r~nt peJ;Ili;it. · '

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TERMS AND CONOITIONS:

The terms and con~itions -·of - ·the--~ame~ded· '-permit wou1d. be as sei: forth in Exhilrl.t "C" o 'l'ha uended permits 'would ·terminate on ·october 1, 1990; unless· ear1ier ·renei1ed .. . .

STATUTQRY REFERENCES:

'A. ·P~R.C. Section 6826.

·B. Cal.• Adm. -Code, 'l'i:tle 2, ·Article 2.9·, S~c~ion 2100.

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DISC9S~:tON:

. o~ May 2'4, 19841, pur5i:~nt· to. the ·provis~ons o~ the Cal~fo~ia Environmental Qualiey Act (CEQA) and Ti~1e 14.o~ tlie Ca·li~ornia: Adli!inistrative Cqdei' .Division 6, Chapt.ar 3 {the CEQ~ Guideline;s) I the Commission prepared, circulated, ·considered an~ adopted a Proposed Negative Declaration (NE 358, state Clearinghouse 84021113), for the issuance of geophysical survey permits with initial teµi,s of three years. At ·that t~e, tha Couunission found t..hat there was no substantial:eviden:ca th&t the .program anc;i permits, ~s revi~ed and approved, would .have ~ s·l;gnifi:cant effect on ·the environnient. "(14 c~l. Adm. Code

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The 3G ·permits issued ·On ·Or -a'fter the above date were to expire on May 31, 1987. Prior to- that ~ate, the _Commission received applications for renewal of a number of these permits-.. At. its regular .meetinq on Hay 28, 1987, the commission extertd$d th'r term of the existing· permi:t;:s ~or· 120 days, terminating_ ori

: September 28, 1987·. The pu;pose of the extension was to al'l.ow ·the commission and -its· staff to complete a series of workshops with c:ommercial fishermen and to' oJ;>tain and ~nalyze additional information necessa~.1 ror a_ complete evaluation o:f the raneWC!l proposai now before the commission. At this time, tpe qgpµn;ssion has before· it renewal applic~tions ~rom nineteen permi-t;.tees'.,_:

· . The primacy issue before tile · pomm~ssion is whether to req1l~~e t;tie preparation of an environme~tal imp~ct report (EIR) befof~ permitting further qeophysica~. activity. St~~f recommends ·that t}?-.e commission requ;re that an EIR· ·be completed before permitting further offs!lore geophysical activity empl9yincj high or moderate energy acousticar pulses. 'This would give the 'Commission an opportunity to evaluate the ~·~ .. 1 environmental effects of such work. However, geophysicai-: ac~ivity employing

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t.rhe ~eop)ly$~c~J: permits c~rently i$.~tt•d au~oi;l..z-.. ..an~ ;-egul~t~ an.y:. activity involving seismic, gr(viey,. lit?.qn~tic:, e;t~ctriqal, and g'eoc!temi6aJ. ~~tJ?.ods used to me_asur~ ~11~ record physical. properties of surface and subsurface qeological ,gtructures. Among the many activities ~or. which . the data ob~ained is useci are the fol.lowing: _ 1) engi~eer~g, .d,.8-ign, and_ construc~ion ,of offshore projects, SU.ch as do~ks, breakwaters, _sew~r outfalls ~nd C>ffsho~e pipel:ines;_ ~) d~edqinq_;- 3) t!nvironmental research, such as the· ·identificatloit ot ·hard- and · so:ft•bottom habitat: 4) the ~ocatiort of · o(;:fllan.:.b()ttom ~a~ards, both natural and manmade; 5) location of cul~l ang arehoological resources; 6) identification of shal1.ct-1 ~aul.:t,inq which may indicate ~om~ earthquake -hazard; and 7) pertorma~ce 6! o~fshore system safety progra"lls. D~ta obt~ine~ by usincj high energy acoustical 'equipment is also· ·us~d for id.et;?.~fying «Jeolocjical structures· which may- contaj;n oil or C1,a~. Es~entially a~l work: of ;shore a\>ld iuany major onsho;e ·proj ec::~s . requiT•, the collection ~nd anaiysiG of of fshor~ geophysieal ~ata.

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· (;ec;>Physi.ca·l su~ey work_ most .frequ~nt1y invo~ves. · the ge~eration of acousti~~l waves gr pUl$~s. As these pu~ses

· reflect off ~ifferent kinds Qf mateJ;"ials, - othe~ device!?, called hydrophones, are ~sea to collect the re~lected siqnals. !;rhe ~i~fer.ent ways in _which a si<;Jnal is r.ef~e.,9ted p;.ovicl~ '~id~~ce of ·the ty,pe: (lf' 0 ~atii'.('iala •nd t;•olo;ic~i f«latu~"" t'res._nt._ l~· tna tsa.~t. e2:plo~·1ve~ ~~re \\s~d to get\e'rate sut:l\ ~c~ustio P\ll•••· Because the· ·Use ·of explcsiv-as i;n ope~ ~ater~ ltj.11ed~ 1arge numbers ·Of -fish under ~-Certain CircumstanC~S 1 their USe is riot allowed under the permits currently !s$ued.-: Technological advances now provide less damgging means of doing the work.

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t0:1- _identify -atrt\ta and str\.1ct\lret which m~y oot,\t~itl l\Yd't°oQa,rbons.

lfitjt ·ex~sting t~<:~riology, the amoun~~- ot •l1e,t'cjy\" ~•ade~ to . penetrate sUffici.ently _pe1·qw the sµrf~ce cannot. be ·ge~e~ated except by air or water compression devices or high e~ergy-5pa~ker systems. Hyd_rophones, 1ocated on: marinie seismic -ca~les up to two miles_ ;n length· a~~ pecess~rY ~or ~e~q~~jng tµe reflected ~eo"'ustic signal.

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e*Pl'od~rg, ~re u.sed' to generate acousti_c:· . pulses -of' ~od,er~t;e w~ne·1tf.· i~v~l$~ ~w energy aco~s~iepuJses ar~ gener~ted.~y ~i~e­scan sonar, sUb-botto~ profi1ers, fathQme~e~~, ~ini-spa~~~~~ and electro-'II!;echanical devices. '!!~ese inst~'!':tertts are ~owed ~n ·caoles SQ to 1000 feC2t in length. Lcinq. cc'.il)l:es. for ~y~phones are not needed for low energy system~.

Entirely passiv~· ~ata c;oll.ec~i,01' meth~ds, invf;)l v,ing the use of 9ravity metars or maqnet()~et;et;s;. a;-e ~lso emp+oye~,· although ~ey a~e of' l'bnit;ed va.lue. .tven ~c:h~gh n() epergy J.s. ·qenent~d by th~t1·~~yiqe~, thair'use is r~gulated·un<;ler ~e exl;~tinq 'j}el:lllit.

The commission staff. has_ received. considerable pUblic ~o~e1't~ry · ~al_l~nq for comp;~~ion. of ·an lUR be~ore further geophy,sieal ac~iv;ty i$ ·permittaq. 'the ~r~:r;y .~v-!ron,n1~nta1 i;,s;sue0s eon,~ern the effect, !ligh. ene~ ~cous~ic:; 'PUl~fs may have o~ mas:-ine :Life. and .¢1ive:r;_::;. .

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· Th~ c~pcern. Jnos1; :freq'u~ntly ?¢aiseclf bY: conmierci~:t ~·i~Qermen invo·lves :fish dispersa1; .i •. e., ·'the situation in 'Which. '.acoust5.c signals cau~e :fish ~o disperse from their ;normal teeding grounds and· deviat.e from. more normal feedinq. · a:nci behav;or ·patt~rns.. t:-_··~~ Fisherm_en c'l"aim that, when high energy work is: performed in an •f aJ;ea:, ;t'i:sh immediately dis~rse and, aft~r a ~erJ.es o.f. surveys, -~~y vacat(? an area a;i. together. ~:i;le ~ome. ·COJltend· that. · these clainw are ~xaggerated or not well ~ouri~~q, tha cla~- liav~ given rise to a serious controversy in th~ ,fish~ng «::.ominunil:;y. •· .

. Three ·Studies have· been r~leased' w}?.i~h .. attempt. ·to .j,ddress ~e clai~s regarding .. s~cli behavioral

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three stud~. es examined th~ ef f eci;s cre~ted by the, µse of large air and water dompressioµ deV.ices. prcducinq higb •ne~gy· acoustic pul~es. ·· ..

The first, completed in Norway in 1984, .determined that, un~~r ce.rtain conditions, 1:he. disqtt~rge of ].aige, high energy acoustic pulses causes modif icat'ion in fish bebavio~.. This st~dy,. commonly ca.fled the "Norwegian" study,: has b~~n.J:r~i?cized ~s being improperly ang unrea~istic~lly performed. Nevertheless, since it$, ~r~n~l~tion·i~tp Engiish 1n 1~86, l~ has.~een cited as evidence o~ ~~ .need f p; an E~R.

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Ana't.her study was .prep:!trea· at the .beh'est .of tha.. Fish Dispersal committee,., which included .repres.entativt;?s of the State Lands .Conµnission, MMS, t~e Oepart1uent' of Fi.sh ~nd ~~e, other ~ecl~,:-al. ~rid stat~ agencies If ancl the < ci;i - ~n~ fis~iµ:J • .~d~t,ries ~· I

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B~cause this study lacked adeq\l.at~ scientific ~ori~}:a1~; its ~esurts did not clear1y denion~trate ·whether or:not. fish h.eha:v~or modification occurred. "'

" The Minera1s Mana~enient se~ice (MMS) released a third study in July ot this year. . .The· MMs:. study was specitica:L:.ty ~intendep. to ·a_ddress ~once~s _in Cal"±forni-a, and the work was · pe;~~oriu!~d in watars off San Luis Obispo· c·ounty. - ·"

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As with the Nontegia~ study, ~he MMS study co~c~u4eg th~t, under the conditiens ih which the ·work was -petformed, fish did ·change. their be~~vior and·· did not iltu'nedi:ately ret~;1i~. to· normal -patterns aftor aco.ustica1 work st;opped. FiSihinq with ~ook and ~a- was also ~ttenipi:ed while a±r c~mpressitin dev:ic;es were dise~a:rged nearby. Under· such conditions, ¢atch -~~~ .o. !3,Pficific rockfish sp~?ici-es· ·wa~ re_duced wnen compare~ with catch~ - µi ·th~ area when qeppliysical work was -not perto~ed.

, However; as witli the Norwegian 'study, the' MMS ~tur;!~1{ .hae..·been criticiZE7d as b'eing toQ narrow in scope:, improperly -contrplleg·, and unrea1istically conducted in c~mpari~on to actual cp~ratin,g co.pdi !;:ion!;'• Many indi vid\\als and organiz~'t;.ion~ nevertheless ~ind c,on~iderable. support in the study for ~n· Er~.

Anoth~r ·potential environmental issue involves ·the· ·ef.fect high en':'rgy acoustic :pulses may have on aba\lone ":and se~ urChi~ divers. ,ptj:tentiai dama9e to ~ard:r:ums and lo~l.s ~ot -equllibri~ or conscipusness are the primary concer~s. 'Whiie substantial gata ·exist~ on tha ~subjects ·of ·underwatei: acoustics and -standoff distances, it -:is npt clear how much of· this ~lntorm~tl:on may be t-~levant to th~ issues· here involved. Un~il ·such data is gat:~ered and analyzed,. such as in .the prep_arati9n·cof an· EXR, tlie ~ommission will riot be in ~ positic;>n to determine the validit'f of th• e~ressed conc:erns. Not' wlll the Commission ·be able. to determ~n~ what, it any, eonditions or -~egu~~tio~s. may be ·app~opriate. in order to ensure diver sa~e.~y ·auring the per.f ormance of high energy acoustic work. ·

Another issue involves damag~ to crab and~ ·1o}?st~r traps ~aus~d ~Y the one- to two-mile long cable~· µse~ far high-energy geophysical work. These long cables are difficu1t t9-c~ntr~i and may entangl~ and break lines conn~qting tr~ps wi~· th~ir marking buoys. If .the trap ·cannot be loc;~ted apd re't;:rieved, it wi-ll. continue· to colleo~ ;:rabs. ·Because cra~s are scavengers and .cannibalistic I deaq c;-ab in a· trap wiil CO)'ltinue· 'to' att~ct nior~..:

-"' crab £rom '1;he ar,.ea .unt~l the trap itself clisinte9'f'a~~-s af~er fqµr to si:x weeks.. The problem was addressed iri 1984, -when the cqmmi:ssion- requireg ·geophysical op~rators . to avoid, - f~shing activi~y. The commissiqn also adopted notic~ ;requirements under wl'rich the ·~eophysical operator·s a:t.:e J;:equired!- i.:~l:ify ·~he fishing:

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~he snorter .cablea of 30. to.).000 f~~~ .µnployed in· low energy geopt!ysiea.~ work do not p;resei'lt a pr~blem f 9r' c:r~, and lqbste~ :ishermen because the sb9rter c::ables are mor6-easily".c;:ont~olled. The c. ccmmis'siqn staff hf.(s nev~~ in fact , been._ present~ with a complaint inv~l vinq the. shorter cables. · \'..

CEQA.p~ov~des that, an EIR ~~s~ ~e 9o~p~eted~be~~re a project is approved where", there is, s~st.antiar 4vidence the .. project m~y have· a .si~~~ic~~ ~ffeet,on the e~vironm.nt. The.r~ult~ of the Nqrt:egian an~ MMS stuqies' and fishermen's cla~m~ ~eqarqinq ~;sh ~spersal, al.thou9~ contest~d# may b~ consi~ere~ s~fficient evJ.cien~e Of a potentially si9nif~cant impact# insofat: as th-.'1' show at least som~ .moditication of fish behavior. The cQnc~r~3 raise4 by divers and the potential impacts on crab ·~rapping posed by the lonc;r cables used for high energy acoustical wor~ also support the position that a,n EIR' mu~t-.be prepared. ..,, "

W~iie the tish c:ilspersc;ll .stu~ies have been criticized and the claims by fi~he~en a{ld _divers disputed# the· t:onuoversy itself ~ay be considered $Upport for an EI~. Th~ CEe~ Guidelines p~ovide -tha~, ·where it ~s not clear whether there is 1lubstantial evidence that a pr~ject 111ay have .a signifidant ef:!~et.-: on the environment and where a serious pµ.bl~c controversy ,ov9r the .p~oject.rs envi:ronmental effects has arisen or expert~'. disagr~e over wtietner the proje~ts environmental. effects are serious·, an EIR shpuld be prepared. In th.is· easel the commission. is· f&ced With · both a dis~gree:ment laJnOflg experts and a aeriCtUS ·environmental controversy. ,,

. Othe~ envj.;ronmental issues have been· raised wi~h._ iespeci;. to. ge~physica1 ~ctivity invol~inq ~caustic pulses of· hiqh a~d moderate energy le:ve.ls. Nevertheless,. the issues ,ra±t?sCI aboy-e are ~Ufficien~ in St~£~'s opinion to justify the preparati~n of an EIR be for~ th¢ CQmm!ssion permits ~ny fui;ther geophy§ica.l ac;:tivity whic:h emplpy~ ·nigh. or moderate virgy acoust:i:a· pulses •

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:statf. is r'ec~mmencU.nq i;hat t4~ p.roposed EIR addre~s· the potienti~l enviromnent~l effect~ qf the use o~ high· ar,id •Od•ra.te energy acoust~c d~vices # bec:~use ·'t:he use of s_uch ~4•vices has given rise tp controversy! Al1 evidence of potantia-l .adilerse etf ect~ ~as been .dire~ted '!;award ~e 1.lS~· of suc:h -~ ~quipllle~t. J'U:rthermor.e, all of· the studies·· addl:essi.lig fish disp!ersal have

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-~he use of low energy devices also does not iiivolve:ths use

o~ lonq cables. 'rhe lower the energy levels employed, the closer the si9nal-colleetion equipment wjll ~a to ~· 9!0PhY~ical vessel. · The ·1a!W'" .energy levels here conttµitplated woulc1 il\vol ve cables no 'l:onger than--1QOO ~eet.. _su~ ca~1es are. s~f~~c;:~~tly ,manauvtlra~le to precl\lde- physic~l conflicts. No "~pby.,~'.\cal confl~cts "~ith such short1 cable lengths have e'fel: b••n re_pa1.1t:ed to Commission Staff. · · ,.

. ~ -Low •H'iergy work is also necessary for envirom,nantai '~work;?

particularly: in ident-i-fy~n9 ha~- and soft-bottom -.~abitat, oceanbi:;>ttom topography, and uriderw~ter ge!)logical. hazard;;, ant! debris. Work for the benefit of the f'ishing and -d~ving industries-, such _as harbor development and: mainte™'~e,, dJ::edging, and :t.opographical surveys, also ·requires d~ta trom -low e_n~rgy geophysical a,ctivity. :tt is thet;.efore ·sta~f's opin~on that' a comprehensive prohibition of all 9eophysic~l work-_ woqlci be unnet;essary and inappropriate. '' ' "

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Based on the 1!ore9oin9, the· a11a·1ys{~ wit]\i11 the, -p~ev-iously certi~ied Negati:ve· >Declaration, and ·public comments r.ec:'eived_,.., low energy or passive geophysical work' $houl~, · 'be permitted:~ ·'.to ccmtinue under---the· pro1"isions and· condi tidns of the coUl.saion, s permit, as amended and contained --in E:xhiJ;>it. c. , . . ..

'l'he .same cannot be recommended tor qeopfiysic:al· activi1:::_ies emirloying hig~' energy_ ~~~r~es. The seriou~ p~lic qo:qtrover~y wh:i.ch has r~_cgnt-ly--o:a~"'1.s€n, the current studi~s- whi.~h have shown PC?t~_n.t1a'l ·effects on fish dispersal, cl.'&ims from ·the:J!isning; and ci'ivin9 communitiesv an~- t.!}e generai 'disaqree~ent amo~~:. exp!!rts on· the issues lead the Commission staf~ to recommer1d· comple_tion of" an EIR before further offs,hore high energy work is author:ized. ·

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, 'I'h~ pe~it raco~ended. ·by. ~taff WQu1d l~t - the · ~nergy 1evel-s- of th.e .acoustic pulsef? qen~~ted duri119 -q~pbysical activities to 2 ki1ojou1~s. No pote~tial fo~ a~verse environmental effects 'has been identified at that level. ·· The energy-level limitation would permit the use: o~ electro­mechanical devices aud mini-sparker systemS, whjch p~odu~e up to 2 kilojoules t>l acous.tic energy.; sub-bottom profil.er~ .and side­s~n sonal:', WffiCl,l produce al}l\ost ffQ ~coustic~l . ,energy:- a~d entirely pa$sive 9~ophysical devic~s, .suqh as gravity m•t•rs and maqnet9mete~s. Given current technology, no air· pr, ~.water com~ress~o~ d~vic~s cou1d be used. ·

Whil.e adverse environmental impacts .would ~~so . J.·ikely· b~ . avoided eve,;i at highe.r ,level~, St~t't ·bas ins,µ~~~cj.ent; -~ta tel~ determine the !eve~ at which the potential for hai:a·m~y,beqin to" arise. Th,~ 2-kilojoule limit there~ore a~~ids anY, po~~ntial ~or •dverso eff ec:;ts. - ',\ r- ' .

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···On Ma-rc:h l,6_, 1987_, Sta~f recirculated ,\th~ N!gatiye Declara~on previously ~ertitied by th• commission in 498~ wi~h respect -_to· all offshore geophysical activity. ·Th•· recir~'1lated Neqative Declaration included a su~pl~ental fisheries,di~cussi~n reqardinq dispersal and potential impac~ to _the eggs and- larVaQ :;, of c:;ommercial species. J:n response, Staff received n~~rous comments .. from cqnunei:cial .f;~h:i:~g .and· 43.ving o"rgan~za~ions. and IA various pUbl~~ agenc:res, inc+ud+nq Santa Barbara,~·s~n; Praric1sco, ~ and Mendocino Counties and tlie coastal commission, ea.ch o~ which called ·for preparati9n of an EIR. However, al1 such . ec2Ulerits. ·were directed soiely toward ~ssues arisµig ~rO\'ll higb..:. · :energy acoustical wo~k. · - ., .,_. ·

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appropriate befo:re the commission p~rmi ts ~ny further otfshoi;e geophysical activity involving the generation of high energy ac;oustic: pulses. · Geophysical wor~ ... en~~l~119' aodeJ::ate . energy acousti~. -pul·set;;, from 2 to so kilojou+es_, .shoul.d al'So be pr()hi~ited-b,,caus~ of the. \µlcert'a~nty regardi!l~L~e envi:ro~antal effect... The potential ·fQr en~ironmental impact decreases as lower energy leve1.$ are eJilployed',' but the· ~evel. at which jill potential harm is avoided cannot be determined with exa~ti~u¢e, given present ~ata.

/~A~ve.rtheles~ 8 when . aci;;ustic en•rgy 1evel.s of l.8:SS· . tlian 2 kil,~jo111e~ .~ e.re .9enerated, riC? envit(?nment~l .risks are app&~ent. Str.ilt ··the;efor, ;-ecommends that such, lotif, ene.rgy w9rk l:>• .. •llowed

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1.. P.!~p 'l;'HA~ ~HE -p:EN:r~L OF ~- ~P~cA~±_9Ns to~. ~NEJAL ·6~· NQ,t- , EXCWSIVE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY ~ERMI';rS, ~ . .REQVE$'1'ED BY THE ·H::CNETEEN· ~PPii±cAN'l'S :CS ExEMPir' . FROM . ~HE,· CALitORNIA ·· ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY· ACT (CEQA) PURS~ANT TCf SECTION l5~7Q Of THE GUIDELINES, IN ~T· CEQA DO~S NOT APPLY ~ PR~CTS WHICH A PUBLJ:C AGENCY REJECTS OR O:IS~PROVE$.

2. DENY 'l'HE APPLICA~IONS FOR RENEWAL .OF NON~EXCLUS:IVE GEOPHYSJ:CAL "SURVEY ,PERM+TS-, AS REQUESTED B¥ ~ .. 'APPLlCAN'.r LISTED IN EXHIBIT A. ' . .

' . 3 • DE~INE THAT :oN MAY 24, 1984, 'A NEGAT:IVE DECLARATION, NO

~ss,.. ~TATE CLEARINGHOUSE 840.20113., ~As co1'sl:o~D :AN() ADOPTED FOR Tim ·PROGRAM ·UNDER WHICH ISSWW'CE OF THIS PERMIT ' IS PROPOSED PURSUANT TO THE' PROVISIONS . OF CEQA AND. THA'l.J THE · COMF!'J:SSION HAS REvIEWED AND CONSIDERED . cTHE' :INFORMATION . CONTAINED TaERElN· AND TH~· COMMENTS IN THE COM?1I$SIO~~S F±LES

. WHICH WERE RECEIVED IN RESPON~E THERETO.

4 .. DETERMI:~iE THA'l' THERE IS NO SUBSTANTIAL EVIDEN~ .'!'HAT THE PROGRAM UNDER WHICH ISSUANCE -OF THE PERMIT :tS PROpPSED, AS REVISED ANO APPROvED, ~ILL HAYE A SIGNIFrcAN'l' EFFECT ON THE ~ONMENT-. . . .

s.·, FIND THAT THE ACTIV:tTiEs As PRQPOSED .ARE eoNs:rs1~1Wr wxTli Tm: USE CLASSIFICATIONS DESIGNATED FOR THE . LANDS ({PURSUANT TO P.-~.C .• 637Q ET. SEQ.

-.6. AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF LIMITED NON-EXCLUSIVE GEOPHYSICAL PERMITS iN('THE FORM AS SHOWN IN· EXHIBIT. c, ATTACffED ... HERETO, TO THE APP.LICAl~TS LISTED ON EJqllJ3IT A, . SUCH PERMI~S, PROVIDING THAT THE PERMITTEE MA'-Y OPERA'I'E ONL~ SUCH GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY EQUIPMENT IN STATE WATERS witt:CH PRODUCES ACOU~TICAL ENERGY. ·OF NO MORE THAN TWO RILOJOULE~·I AS' DETERMINED B~ MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION STAF~.

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7. DETERMINE THAT, BEFORE THE COMMISSION WILL CQNSIQE,R THE..~SE OF GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY EQUIPMENT NOT .,P£RMITTED UNDER THE PROPOSEP PERMIT I ' ~ ENV::CRONMENTAL . ~AC'l' REl,?QRT' ·MUST BE CO~PLETED, IN CQMPLIANCE WITH CEQA, CONC~RN~NG THE ·P~ENTIAL E?NIRONMEUTAL EFFECTS OF THE USE OF SUCH GEOPHYSICAL EQUIPME~.

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DIRECT THAT, EFFECTIVE OCTO~ER 23 r. 1987, ~G.SE ·:fEIU.'ltTS ,,WH:ttj.~ WILL NOT TERM:INATE ON' SEPTEMBE~ 28·; 19~7, WHI~. ARE HELD B,Y ·THOSE NON-~t>LICANT PARTIES LISTED OU .EXHIBI·T "A", SHALL BE ·MOOIFl?ED, ··PtJ'R.sOANT, , TO. SECTION: 14 OF --.SUCH P.ERMiTS, . so THAT -t'.iF.Y co~~o~. ·TO Tm; PElU1ITS aE~E:- A!imoRIZED I m THE FOJlM AS SHOWN IN EXJµBIT "C~,. ATTAg{ED lffERETO.

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Pursuant to ·Div...isio1i 6 - o,e 'the California Public ·Resou;oces Code and, Title-? ·o'/! tlle · Olli"forn~ Admin±~trattv• c64a, the S1:~~e ot ca-J.~~orniJ., acting_ by and 'th~o'f.lgh. the. State l&nds ·.commi~Sion (State) hereby issues to -= . . .. __

. ,.__(Permitte.e) -a· non~exclusive geophysic~].~'.:: ~--u-rv __ e_y""'-.p-~-rni-_~;~t-_-s-q~p-j~ect to the ·followi~g tel:'mS. ~nd q~~d;tion$: ~ t '.

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l.! ,~rmit Area: This permit covers ottsht>l;'e at~te waters·, ·~:<eluding in;i(lnd waterways,. .known a~ Regions I; IX~ ?~I anq '!.V, as desc:i:'ibed below, and "Within s·cate tide· amt.- 'S.ub~erge~ l~nds between .the Mexican- and. Oregon borders out to three (~n nautical mil~s: ~

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:J).. : )legion. ty - the· area beew'een the -~cinorta/Jren~nclno County line. and the· Oregon Border'l> ·,,, ..

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3. scope of J\ctiviti-e§: Pt"!rmi.~t•e uha11 ·comply ·~~tn ~e . terms of this permit whenever the equipment sp~cifie~ ''h,t ieetion 4 is deployed. ·or geophysi~l. ~r.ta ar~ to be col1ect;ed .with~n . ~~ permit cµ-ea. Geophysl:ca1 ·~urveys ·shall include st1tiS'mic,¢<' gra~ity;:. lllagne<!Q.~c, electrica~:·. tut~ geochemical i3ethoc1• ·of 11ea~\l;'~g·,, and recording phy~ical properties :of av.bsurfaca ~ocl~:i;c. stru~~ra"S,.

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·under this. parmit to .~llect q~ophysica-1 data util.-~.t~<.f" sucli\1 -iaquipment as is .Set fbrth on- E~il:>it }l. .

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A. Per:m.ittee sllail. ·eonduet all. act.ivitte's, ·With · d\l• reg,~rd :for ~e _pres~n~tion Qf 'the p_rop~~.Y cov~~·d ,by . ~i·

, ~it;: potential. envirc:~'~'tal,. J:11pact1'~ pe~lc: ~i~inc;J sia?Jon,._.and with d~e c!lution :? lil.nl.ll\~Ze damage ·to· -~ira part·~••· .. · ·«, ,~ . .- -. ._

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wi1:hin t~o kilometers 9£ Permitt~e's geophrsica,1. bo~t •.. \ .. "t- ' ~ •

-c. on ~e f.i~t <!ay of .,eai:b: suriay, ·7 !:he 'Pei'la~t't~e ~~all use. a po~t to scout ,the ,area· tQ.::,Pe cqv•*'ed -withirt· th~"fir•t 2~' hours of operations .f'or th• purpo~I! ot se•'rchijlq 'for and aveo-idin<J" potential conflicts ·~i th commercial .trsit;_ncj act.i vities 91~ equipment. · " ·

, _ p .. " Ptttmittee 'Shall :have at 1east o~e ·1fer$or( ~:m· ~o~rd· ~Cle~ v~sse'l 4ur~ng, -survey ope~ations. thai; ' has "' attended a· < •

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:.·.,for a stat~ ,rGpresentati·ve on any ve~sel conducti~q ~ra1:-ior.s ~~tnori~~g. b~~ thi~ permit. 'l'he· _state representative may obse~e and inspect all operations conducted pursuant to :th~• permit.

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,. It the st:a~e rGpresentative, notes po:t::4it violaEiO_!lS_~--~-;'~--~ ~~-· __ t!_Jtermines adverse e~fet;ts are bein'g' caused or are immi~•n-c, ,tn~ .. ·>'-. ·­;iepr~~entat~ve may ::-ecommend :;.;uspensign of act~viti·a~ ' ;:to:- the l:xecutive Of:fi~eir. Upon approval·· ot the Exe~tive :of;Cicar, th~ rt\\presentative 1u~y carry out suspe~sion of ·the ~ctiviti• al-lowect. under this permit pursUaJ'lt to Secti:on 14~·.

s. ?:Igj;ifit~on ptocedur~: , .,'-The 'Permittee shall :f~'llow tl}e comp late netif icatl:on procedu~ set forth in Exhibit ~ ~or"· •11 geophysical surveys where equipment is d&ployed· •over-the-side• 9t 't:\1,e ve~sel. , r±h;s notice -sha-11 inclµde · 1$e inf ormat'.i.on, ,required under Exhibit e, section· B, contents of Not.ica,, and i,n the format displayc~ in Exhibit E.

J'o~ al1 othe;- 9cophysieal , surveys covered, ·by tftiB,, .. permit,' ~he Pex:m~ttee ·shall :z::1cr\;ify ·l:he, ·State a minimum- of t•n h ~F · ~ays·. b.etore c:o:mnenc:i:nq th~ su~ey. - ,. · ~

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A. TP,e, Pe~~ tt'ee , shall sub~i t a. t'ield- opa:w;atti_ons raport, in a fo·rm that -is '"ttaehed hereto as ixhibit :O·, to the $tate 1:1=?' soon as possible, but not more 'than th:i:rty [30) days, .at.ter the completion ·of any surv~y aetivi~iefi conduetf.ld under thi~ .permit. Information requ~red i~elude$:

( (l) A narrative ·description of theo.'.work J?•t:ton;,_,d, the ~tit obtained, ,and the logs pJ;pdueea:: frQm.·the, 6~~rat1¢>n~; ~, <·

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. (6) Suqh other in1;orm.ation l:.'1;1lative to th$ ,petmitted. activit~.es as may be requested. , · · " - · · ., ·

. B~ Permi'l,:tee ·•ha,il ta~ke ~y-~l,abl~, upon. .,:;~,s'b..f a!Jd' the com:miss~on shall ·have the. rig~~ ~~ inspect and/or copy.f~~tua1· an4 phys.ica1 survey re'3ults, 109~, r~c::ords, fi~l<!' .acqttif•!i clata, proc;:eased records or any other dai;~/.info~tlon .;-es~ltingi f~om. operations under ~is perltlit. These pata _ an~ in'totma'f;:iqn shall. include, but .are no·t. limited to, qeophysica·1 o.'dat!!, ~ro~,: ·

(l.) rtttract~~n;,

.(~) _High resolutio~ .st~.~~pis. ~nc~ud·i~ ~tit ;nqt i;.itea tq b~thYJlletry, aide-scan so~~r, sub-bottbm,Prolller~ •nd:~l~¢tra-meehanical devices; -

. _ .,(Jj ._ 'il~ neq~ti.ves .and/at blackllne or blue1;ne pap~r copt~a· of t~n.~l ·sta.ckrad eections ,apd lldgr~te~ -~~ct~ol'.1.~· -~~pe~ ,eopies an9- film negat:ives of secti-Ons .ch<;>sen. :foi: $~a~e u,se ~ha'll ,,., ,}:)e made ,fit one-half ~cale., ·(2 1/2 inch~s per second} f·

( 4) Post-pl<>t maps- at a. :r•ascnable and appropri'a:te ,, ,, • S~ale for ·the dil;lensions Of the survey and Whenever ·pos.s"'ible ao ,. ~c~l~ of 1:·48 1 ooo (l ~nch equals· 4000 ~eat). .A narrative spmmary of accuJ:;"acy of .~pot points anq. ship· tr'6cks: .. ·

(5) Copies of .navi9aticn tapes and,vel9c;ty tap,•• with "_ nar~ative summary o~ acc~rAcy of sh~~ point$ .and sh~p ~~a?k&; , _ (6) ~;ravity .data .r.ducec;\ or ·coJDpiled as Free~Ai~ or aoug~er maps whenever possiple or '· !.n profile fo~. .M'-gn_!ltometer data cor~ectecl for International Geomagnetic Reference •leld in / prof il~s or ~penev~r possible in ~&~ iorm. Data t~ ~nclude how ' ,,,.:';/" .reduct:i.ons and .cort"ections were made; and ~ , . ,. / /;.,.,... "' '

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the presence Qf miner~~ r~soµrecs including o,ll o~ natural gas~ 'l'he State Lands Commission sha·ll :railltburse the J?erm1uti.•• ~pr the reasonable costs of reproduci~g any data or inf orma~i~n~ · -

C: 'In the event that information o'r qat~ obt.ained / under t."lis permit are transferred from the· Petmitte~." to a thi;t1_.,, party, or,, sc.bs,equently ,, from a thi~d. p_arty t9 ,~~other ~h-i;;l' 1 .f party, the tl;'~nsf eror ·shall notify the state and· stt~ll r,ef:lt.1-i;:re . ~,-,/ ." the receiving third party, in writing, to expressly,, agree to

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'nle following. definitions apply j:c;> wp+ds u~ed in·

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(-1.~ :-aetua1 or l>hY~icai sW:v.ey resuits inc1ud• "' all data and i~formation gathered._~- as the result of any .&Jld' al-1 opeJ:'ations conducted under this ~ermit by wh.atever mean ••

(2) Data me~ns all fa9ts, ,~tatistic~ c;>r ~ples.

.(3) P~oc~ssed Recoras mean d~~a coll~~~~d ~der a permit which have been processad'. Pi:'oce~sing involves changing the form of data so as to facilitate interpret_ation. Processing operations ifl~lude, but are not i;mited to, applying .correcti~ns for known perturbinq causes, rearrang~nq or filterinq da~a, ~nd ~ombining or transforming data elements. ' r

E. The commission reserves the riqnt to disclose any data or information acquirec;l 'from 'Petn:li ~tee t:o an ,,indepertd~nt contractor or· aqent for the purpose o~ reproqu~ing, proces-sii:ig,, reprocessing, or i;:iterpreting S\lch data . or infsr1flatiqn for the use of ·the Commi:.3sion. such data. and information, as we1l as products derived therefrom, shall be .held confidential as required by Public Resources C~de section 6826(c)!> ·'"

10. Third Early pamage ~la;Lm§·:

A. Permittee shall make a .good-f~ith effo~rt~ settle all claims ·brought b.Y th:i.rd-part;t¥s for damages res~1tiJ:?.ci f~om Permittee's geophy$ical activities. . ~ \ '

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B. The State L~r1ds Commission :Jila,Y consid~r _ and determ~ne any claims for dam~ge tQ ooml\lercial f~~p~tjuen r•$~ltinq from Permi:ttee's 9eophys;:-=a:\ a~tivities w}1,ere .such· ~laim .is submitted to it in writing: ~·fter GO days fol"lowing written demand and proof of claim to>'tn~ PeX?n;ittee. :rt the commission d~termines ~hat :tl;!·. ~.e~it1:ee 9wes t}'le cl.aimant ?amage~., ~or the purposes of th+s·--parmit, Pel;'l'n;t~ee's obligat;ion .t._o pay the cl·a-imant sh-al":.· als·o be cdl'.lsid~red an obligatic;)~ ',.to ·the CQJnmission. ·

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~eleasecl by t~.e ~tate, ~ bond or letter of c:red.it· in 't;he sum of twent~-f~ve (25) thousa~d dollars, in favor of th~_sta~~, ~9r it$, exclusive use a~d benefit, to guarantee the faitliful performance

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by the ~ermittee: of this l?~rmit's 't;e;rins .~n~ co.ndi.t.icu;~s and­sa~isfactl:on Of third-party damage cl~~ms. ~e liond O# .1ettef ·of credit sha1l be delivered to the state a~ ~h~ a~~e~~ ~p~eified in Section 16, prior to the ef~ective date otf~ this permit:.

'rhe bond or letter- of . credit shal.l be nonc:anceilable and shal1, 'by its own terms, remain in effect 1.jntil at ,1east ninety days after the tetjnina·eion d~te c;>f tb.is pE!.:~i t, unless earlier released by ~e state. "' , .

12. •mnn:sgnce: At the- option o:e the State, Permittee<•"Shall ·•~mit a certificate of self-ins1u:ance ·or proci;re and maintain , liability property da~aqe, or other insurance, fqr the 'benefit of the st~te in an amount satistaetory to the Stat~.

13. Xndemn H:y: Pe~it1;~e agrees to ina~i!Y,, say~ harmless an.d', at the qption of . the state·, ~efend> ~·. ;S~te of .California, its officers, aqents and employees against any and al~ claims, demands, causes of ~ctic;m, o;· .liability of any kind wh~ch mc:y be asserted against O?= imposeq up9n the St~~e of California or any of its officers, aqents or employees .l?Y ,any third persori or entity, arising out of or connected, with Permittee ''s operati'01'4f? llt:!re~.~er_.

14. Mod 1-f ication, Revocation, or suspension:. The activities provided ~or in 'this permit may :be suspended, ,in whole. or in part, upon a finding by the Executive Officer of the State Lands Commission, or another person designated 'by the Executive Officer, that ~uspension of the activity _authorized by this permit wqu;Ld be in th~ public interest:.• Such suspension· sh~ll be effective upon ~eceipt by Permittee of a written or orc~l .(to }?~ c;onfirmed in writing) notlce thereof which shall i~dica~e .(l) the extent of the suspension ( 2) the reasons for this actiori1~. and ( 3J ai:i;· corrective or preventive measures· to be taken by ~.)e~ittee dee~ed -necessary by the Executive Officer, or desi911eet :to meet the general public interest.

t'ermittee ~haJ.l take ~ll1Itlediate action to. compl..y with .the provisj .. ons of the suspenslon, _ Pe_rmittee may request a hearinq bef ~re ~he st~te Lands cornmission jn ·oraer to .p~esen~ info~atiqn .re:i;evan-u to a decision as to whether 'his perm~t :sh9µ~d be reinstated, modified, or revokeCi. ·

-This permit may ·be modified or r~voked by the state Lands

Co~mi~sion upon thirty (30) ·~ays' notice.· Ariy su~pension, ~edification, 9r revqcatio~ qf this permi-,: shall not ·:be ·\a "basis, for any claim for damages against the· state .~of CalifQrnia ...

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Proper grounds fp~ mt;>di.fication, revoc;a~_ion or susp~s:iori include, but: are not 1i11\ited to-1 a finding by the .co~i.ssion,: fol:lowinq a noticed public hearina r that i:be perinlttee (s) or their representatives are net cooperating adequately t~ @nsure the timely planning ~nd ~""?~pletion of the sgientifie and techr.ical evaluati9ns ~s required by the Col'(lmission.

15. E,ermits: Pei.'Illittee shall obtain all :. necessary · and applicable peFlI1~~s and obey a~l iaws and ~egulations applicab~e to the~ condqct of ·pp(;!:tations under ~is permit.. . ; :_ .

16. Notices: All written notices to the state' or ~ermi~tee whi·cl;l are not part of ~e no12i~~cation . procedure J:,dentl:fied in s~~ion s shall be deemed to nav~ been fully given when made in wi~tinq, and deposited in the United St~tes mail_,. wi1:h ifirst class. postage .prepaid, addressed as.follows:

To the State:

.fo·the Permittee:

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state ·Lands" commissi~n · . 245 we~t ·aroadway, ~u~te 425 L9ng B@ch, CA -;9.0SOi2-44"ll:. ~ ' Attention: ·\Seophy~ical Coor~inator .,

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The address to which notices shali be ~ailed l'l\aY b~ ~~an~cad by written notice, as is-provided iJi this pa~agraph.

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17. Assignment!· Permi.ttee ,may not assiqn, sublease or ·transfer th~s ·~ermit· or any int~rest th~rein without prio~ Commission approval. However, Perm~ttee may sul;>contlra.ct part·or all of the work to be perfol:1Qed. .Any such subcontractor shall be the agent of PerI!littee ~nd Permittee shall remain respon~ible to the State under the te~ pf ·!:hi~ pex;+nit.

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tran~fer,red by operation of law or otherwi::;e, it sha1~ apply to as ' bind the heirs, successors, eicecuto~s, administrators and a~signs of all of the parties- to this permit.. All parties to this permit shali be jointly and severally liable· under 'the terms ~· of thi~ per:mt,.; '\·

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Certificate of Coi;porate Secretary prov;ding1 tha~ the Board of Oi:t:actors authorized: -the executilon of thi$ permit spef;:ifically ~r aut)loi:-:ii;y :to, E¥Jc~9ute documents qf · this _ type genera·~1y. An ex~~i~le of the type of form required is attached ?#-~ ifxhibi t E.

Acknowledglllent of signature is required.

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'Qnder this p~rmit, ~e~ittee is auth,orize~ .. to ~. c6l.];ec;t _ geophZ,'"Sical data utili:zing sniff_ei;:~, ·en~rgy. rep,e~vers-, .-.and/or

', acoust±c ·pulse-·generatinq devices not ut'il.izi.ns - ,c,lie~ica1. explosives. ·

Notwithstanding ·~e above, the perJnitt~e i~ ~q.tho4~ed tci operate geophysical survey ~quipment in stat~ w~tu~ .onl-Y, under: · the following cond~tions:

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ed -.on ~ny acoustic pulse generat;ng ~quipmen~ ~uring. a .s~iV•Y·-· '

2. No· survey eC!l?-ipmen:t til~y be u.sed other ~~n ~h~'· 'f9ilowi~g and eq:u±pment necef:lsat:y ~or µse of the £ollowinq: ~

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Mini-sparkers; EleCtro-lllecbanical ·devices1 side ·scan sonar; . . ·Fathometers; Subbottom· prof.il«µ'S; artd··, . Passive data -collection devices·, and gravity me~ers.

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Any question or . uncerta.inty as to wheth~r . partic~ar •' s~ey equipment or methods are perJUitted · or -whe't;her·::mb;@_. tb~il two kiloj 9ules ,of energy· input .J:t~~ ~·~~fig_. µ?~d .sha!--:I::;b°EVd.~t~rniined by · the staff of the state Lands Col!l.lUi'ssion. ·

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The State may, upon. '30-day.s' npti~e to ~ermi~~-~~ ,prescri~e '\.. additional.. or different pro9edUF,e~ *6 b' - ,:follo~~~ - ~y "the Permit-tee:

.. A. General Reqyj--:gment§.: tin.ir.mev~ surveys..· ar~ to b~ c:Qtnmenced under thi:s-·Jitt~it, Permit;~~e shall, g;lv.~. not;ic;:e in 'the

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l. ~t leas1:. 15 days, but; l')..b mo;re t~an 21,. q~y~~ ii1 advanc~ -o~ _any actual ~~erations, WJtltt~n na~i,ce q;- tne proposed operations must be .received by' th~ patties .. specified" in Paragraph C~ .An_ exception ~~y b~.~ade by thev~xecutive Off~ce;;, or.his/her des19nee, if the Pe~ittee d~moristrates th~ .a~ea 1:-o .be surveyed is <Cl$ar Of commercial fishing activities ~~a equipment, In.~is case, the Permittee shall use a ~oat to ~coµt._ the a~ea for ~~e _ remainder of the above no~~f~cation peri_od .li~~ess t~~ ~~ecut.i v~a .. Offiper t>r designee is assured ·that ~ll collUlleJ:cial. fishermen~ha:ve.:.,,_, had adequate op~ortunity to work . out coz?;flicts, with. the , ,, " Permittee. · ··

. , ·2. One workinq day ih ~dvall..ce of th~ .. ~c;tua.~ operations, _. t~e Penni tt~e shal1 inform the $ta:t;e 1 s. Geophysi~al. t;9or,~in~tor

(213/.590-5;>,01}.- by teleph~:>ne·, .to 9ontirm th~ ~eceip;_:,of r~quired notices by the ,.partiP.s listed in Paragrap~ c... , ~e Perlllittee shall also advise what responses, if any,· w~re re~eived. :rhe Permittee shall also send to the Sta~e's GeQphysic~1 ·Coordinator a copy of any ~inal preplot o~ ~he 's~rveyf· which s~a~l .reflect any changes made in the planned s~rvey.

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3 • rermi tte~ ·shall .us2 itf1· best effor:ts to" .notify the parties listed in. Parag~aph c ant!' any other affected ihdividuais of substantial addition, modi~icatipn, d'evi::~'io?); -delay, or cancellation, concerning the suP,ey area or survey dates, i~ the original notice. Permittee sha+l notify th~ Sta~c Bands C:omm1:s·sion of ·such modificati.ons or delays prior to t~eir occurrence.. ·

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~· &orit¢nts .. of Notice: 'rhe ·written. :noti~icati:O.n l!'~qui~ed S,ha~l inpluda information in· the formal: requ~ste~ i~.~xh~~t D~ and. outl·ined below: ·· · - ::_'- ·., ·

1. The name· of the- vessel I th~ ~,me o:f the: : )lhip Is c:apta·~/desi9?lee., · . the s~ip 1 s call: -S'i~ns an~.:- ·,,the ·spe.ciif:ie - radio!) channel which wi+l be moni~~~aa iiy the ves~el a~ all tiliie~ during operai;lons author:iz~~ -by thi!? permit:

2. The exact -dates through which · ~e -, sury~y:· .wiJ.l be .~onduct~d· w±:t~in any given spec±:fic area ot ~he. _general. ,l?ermit area and the d~±ly hcurs of oper?-tion durin9.suc.li perio41 -

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3. . A ftlii-sized nt.vi9ation ch~~ (with Loran C-0no~tion, if ava.ilapl~) 1/. sbow.in9 the ar~a -to -be affec.ted .. by the s~;Y~Y:t includin9 t\'lril:i.~g are;i; - , ---=:

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~. The name and tel'ephone number of :the .. ~t'&te• ~nds :, Co;ni.uis?ion GecEhysical cao-~dinator.

The copy of the nqtice to ~he state LanQ3 commission must ~on€~in· the above inforinat~on, as well as_the proposed traekliq~s; ~o be ru.J.1 and 1the propri.i:itary owner of the data/ i'nform~t;.ion ~-Col:l.ected·. , .

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c. fS!rties to Receive Notice: The fqllowing _parties are • to receive the notice spec1fied in Paragraph, A.1 .. - This list will Ile modified periqdicall.y by the Commission Staff upon 15 days not;ce by the State's Geophy~ical Coordinator. ·

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Notification must be $ent, as ;;pecif ied in the format,.. ·_to the following parties foJ:: operations in

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Zn .adaition to notification, permitee shall cooruinat~ all activities tc be- conducted unaer this permit witli the following, agenci~s.

- HMS Rapresentati've William F. ~oberts R~gional supeivisor 1340-west Sixth: street Los_ Anqel:'es,, ti -9.0017 (213) 894-2~00

(!alifornia Depa:rtment-of--Fi~h r;· Game-

· 24 s West Broadway· Long Beach, CA 90802 ~ttn~ ~eqional Manager,

- John-. L. Baxter (213) 590-5132 -

National .Marine Fisheries -Service 3/iO, So~th Ferry Stre2t,_ Room -2 0·11 Terminai rsiand, CA 90731 Attn: chief of Habitat & Enviramnental ·Branch, · Jim Slawson (2~3,) s:4"a-2s11·

U.S. Coast·Guard commander 11:tb- Coast Guard District' 400 ¢ce,angate

·-.Long Beach, CA 90822 Attn: Aids to Navigation (oan) (2iJ) s~o-2222

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California Coastal 'commission 63~ Howard st., 4tli FZoor Energy Division . .S~n Frahci"sco, -CA 94105 Attn: Susan- Hansch. - .. ~ · ('415) 543-8555 - .

Efivironmenea1 P~otec:tion Agency 215 Fr~ont street. · 'Mali Code W51 · --San Franciscu, CA 94~05 - • Attn: Patricia Ekland , ( 415} - 9'14-8283

U •. s. Air Force Wester~ Spac~ & Missi1e center WSMC_/SE Vandenberq :Ai-r ·Force Base, CA 93437 Attn: Offshore Manager. (805) 866-j602 ~

U.S. Fish a~d Wildlife Service 240QO Avila·_ Road Laguna ~iguel, CA 92677 Attn: ocs Coord-inator, John Wolfe · · ·· (714) 831-4270

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·u .. s. Na'Vy_ _ . . _ Col!tinander-, FA<;SFAC ' Nav~~ Ai~ ~t3'lti~~,-~orth.Island San· Dieg~, ·CA ~~115 · Attn: 011 :ta~~~on o~f ie~r, .A·~l9) 437-6850;·,a~· G866; ·

u.s:. Navy-Cqlmli~¢ier Pacific Missile ··.Test Center Point MUgu, CA 9~042 Attn; Cpde . ~2C4 ' . "· ; (80~) 98.9-8731

University of ~lifoJ;pi~, San ' " . Di~, -_ - : Sp·riJ?,P.·~-· tn-s-tit~te of O'ceanoqrap:t;y .

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-.For ~perations south ot 1;he San D~ego/Orange. cqun,ty_ .-Li~~' a notification lilust ~lso ber ~ent to: , .. -, .... ,

Area Marine Advisor 5555 Overiand Ave. -San D~~go, CA 921~3

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Harbormaster''s Of fi'ce · 280Marina way Redondo Beach,"ca 90277 (213) 372-1171

Harbormaster's Office 1603 Anchors Way Drive Ventu~~, ~ 93Q~l {?05) .{r42•S618· (8'05) 488-3677

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Harbormaste:C"''s Off ice t>xnard itarbor · ·ofstriet P·.O. Box GOS · · ·: Port Hueneme, CA~.· 9~0.41

~ort ~f San Diego Chief ·Of Harbor Police P~Ov. ,'BOX 488 San Diego, ~ 92112

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COM?:ffiRCIAL FfSHING ORGANIZATIONS

ca~~f ornia coastal Operators t;r6up l!'2i Gray .Avenue, suite 3· ~santa Barbara, ·CA 93l.01 Attn: caroiYti Hubble (SOS} 966-711~

.cal i fo·~.nia Gil lnetter' s Association i423 Silvius San Pedro, Ca 90731

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Fishe~anis -t;oQ~era~iv~ Assoc. of San Pedro -Berth 73 Sar:~ t>edto, CA 90731 (Z~ •• ~') ~32-5377

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PacLfic Coast ·F~derat±on of :Fishermen's· A.Ssoci:at-ions·,. ''l:nc: i>~O· Box ·1626 · _ -Sausalito, CA _94965 Attn: w.F¥ G-rade~, ~r. (4iSl 3·32-soso ·

Dan.s: Point Fuel, Doc.k _ 34661 Pl.lerto Place Dana ~oi~t, CA. · 92629

San -Diego Fish co., Inc. 585 Harbor I.ans sari Diego, CA s2101 (6:t9}' 232-20'95

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Sport~ment's sea ~ood 1617 Quivira Road San Diego, CA ·92109 (619) ~24•3551.

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lf~shermen ~s' .. Qµay ~orp·. ~. -1449•Jt-.. ~pitlriaker- :OriYe Vent~ra,-CA 93001 (805) 644-828~·

Fishermen's Union of America: · ·- .:-Pa-ci-f icf :and ·Caribbea?l -Area·

- "64fo~ state· street San D~eqo, _CA ~2101

-Harbor F-i-sn Marke~-, 2S:a: s:. Harbor· :Drive· oceanside, :~. ·. ~92'054 -(619-) 722~84~1 -~ - -

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WaY1nan Fish co. , _ .: 144'9-b· spinna~er- ·~iv~

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~acit-ic Fishery Management -Council

s a n .D i e·q Q ,Association 1:446 Front -·st~,

Fishe~men's

-- "200Q' :s. .. 'f.~ ~st. ~VEf.-,. ~42'0 ---~ortlan4, --Oregon 9!'/201· -Attn: Lawrence o.-s-ix (S031 221-liJS2 - ·_ - · -

Sout~er~ Ca1ifornla Lobstermen's Associati~n 356 sunset Dr. - · Encinitas',. CA- 9~024 · -.. . ..' .,, .... ,,

'G~Street Pier ittn;~Johil, Heying-814 Daphne ~" carls~ad·; --CA\.: --92008

San oieg~ Sportfis~ing Assoc. 43~5 ca~--May Ave. San Diego, CA 92107 At~nf Gary Bl~ck-

suite 306 -San Dieg~"·- cA ·. 9~].01. .(619)-234-3901 -.

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··Attn: · or .. Ron MC;Pea~

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BEGXON :ti.: :Noti·ficati«"Jn must be s~~t.,· ·~~- specifiep .$n the notification format, :to the following . .Pa~i~s fo~ operations in Region xi. . . .

GOYERNME'NT otFtcE$ AND UNJ:¥ERSITIES: ·. .

In addi.ti¢i:i- .to noti·£.i.~atic;>n'i· pe;-mit¢e sha:ll. co.ordina.te all activities. i:C' be conducted unde~ this permi~ liif,j..th th~ .. ~ol:lowinq agencies·; · .,

MMS Rep.r.es~ntatj....v.e Willial:l F: ·Roberts,~ Region~l..S~pel:ViS.or. 1340 West .SiXth .St .. ·Los Angeles,·'.·(eA · 90017 (:?13) 894-2500

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~ali~oi-nia Department of F:.ish & Qam~ -245. we~t- ·~roadway ·LOnq Beach, CA 90802 Attn: Regiopa1 Manager, - ~o~~·L~ ~~xt~~ (213). 5~0-:-~µ~· ·, ,,

National · Marj_iie ·Fisheri·es Service 300 Sou~ Ferry Stre~t, Room 2011 Termin~l ~~l~~d~ CA ~0731 ~ttn: Chief o~ Habitat & En~ironm~tjtal:Branch, ~ · · Jim Slawso~l (2i:t}. 548-25:17

t1. S. Fi-sh ang,. W~ld~f'fe Service 24000 Avila ·Road. -~~n~ ~~"til•:il.,. cl 9?677 ·~,etn~ Qqs· cooJ:din~tor ,. J'onn· W'ljlfe (714 > 831"-4~7-0

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Califo~~~ ~9~~~ct~ ~q~s~iQn 631 Howard ~st;.~~-· _4:1;11 F:J.q~r. -.Energy ·D~visi<>n . " · .. ~ San Francisc_g,. -~ ·94:t;OS•., Attn: Susan Hansch (~15) $43-8555

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Envi"rOliptenta·:J;, ~o.t~c.t±on; Agency 215 Fre._'<llont- ·street 1. .- ·

Mail ~ode WS·i . San FrariC-isco., CA · '94.1105 , Attn: Pat~icia Ek;l-and (41$J ~74~8283 ~

. ; ... ,, u-.iS'. Air~ Force . ·~ ~ Western'snace ·&Missile center WSMC/~SE ~ -. ·- . . Vandenber;=::r Ai-r -Fo~ce .Base, CA 93437 ' - ' , . ' Attn: Offshor.e. M~na~r· .. ,(:805) 866~3602 .

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U .s. Navy "· Commander, FA«~SFAC . Na.val. A.i:r sta:t.iQ\1,. _Nortli ,.f.s1anc;t ·san Diec;o ,.. q.~ · ·.;92l.~5 . · ':7-..

At4:n:. Oil Liaison .e:ficbr {'6~9.) -·437-6850 or 686~

CALENDAR ITEM NO. - ·5 ccoN;~o> I .

For op~ratic;ms in th~ areas listed b~lOlT,.. a not~~f ication m\lst also be. sent to:

* Los Ange1:es/Ventura County Lina to tl~e. . -San. Luis Obispo/Monteey County Line. - ·:

Area Marine Advisor 377 Storke Road Goleta_:;,· CA -:93-3;-l;-']\ · -(~5) 9~B-2J.49c

* Santa Barbara Channel

California Department of Fish and Game · 1350 Front. Street, Room 6042 San Diego, ca· 921!J'1 Att~: John Duffy· (619) 237-731.i

* -South of Point conception

u.s-~ Navy _ Comma~~er;. Pacific Missile Test Center Point-.Mugu, CA 93042 Attn: Code 3204· C-1%05) 989-87-31

* North ot i'o±~t-Conceptiq_n ·California -Department of Fish. and Game 213, Beach Stree~ Morro- Bay.. -CA 93442-A,ttn: ·unit M~nag~r {805) 772·~3011 ,

-* .sout}l· of Point Arguel.lo ..

-~~,iy.~rs.j.·t.y of Cal.i:forxii~, San· Di0

ego s~ripp~ Institute Qf oceanography ~a,il- $tQp A-010 La -Joi1~, <~ 9209~-Attn: Assqciate Directqr, George G. Shor, .Jr.

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* Squth of Santa Barbar~/San Luis Obispo Count~ Line

u .-s. coast ~uard ~om:in~nder, i+th coast Guard ois~.rict 400···Gceanqate" -Long, 'ile~cn, CA 90822 Attn: Ai~s ~o Navigation (oan)

. '(213 59,0-2220·

* North of Santa Barbara/San, LUis Obispo county Line

Ceuan~~r (oan) 12th coast Guard oistric~ Coast Guard Island Alameda;, CA 94501-5100-.(415) 437~350~

* Morro Bay and,, Vicinity

AT&T communications 412 Mt. Kemble Ave., Rm N420 Morristown., °NJ' 07960 Attn: Manager, Mr. Jef£::ey E\oJ•ald (201) 644-6346 - : .

'* North of San Simeori

U.S-. Navy, CPWP Na.val Air-· Statio11,, Moffett F;Leld·, -Bulldinq 300-

;. Moffett Fi'1ld, CA ·94035 Attn: code 33 ,( 41S} ·96~'-5606

RARBOR..'P>fASTER'S OFFICES

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Notify gni:t tJlose Harbopnaster' s offices ·within 10·0 ·miJ.es of the }.~oposed su~vey, For_ geophysic~l ~u-rveys, tna. enval_ope sh.!l:l.. be. p~\'l\iJ\•ntly lab.•l•d HSEISM!C SURVEY NOT-t~I - POST 1MM£DI~~Llff

Harbor Manage_~ 3900 P~lican Way OX!lard, CA. 93030 (805) 984--8695

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Harborm2lster''S Off ice 1603 Ar.cnors wayi 'Drive Ventura, CA 92001 · · (SOS) e.42-s6+'8

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Harbormaister' s Office · ~80 Marine. Way

-:Redondo Beach, ca 90277 (2.13l ·3'22.-l.171

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- .-.. Harbormaster's Office o>mard~H~rbpr.Dis-t;~ict P.O'. Box 608 Port Huenem~, ~ 9304~ (8_05) 488-3677. ..

P9rt of $a~ piego diief,of Ha~bo~·Police p,.p·. :Box 488 San D~eqo, CA 921~2

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Harbor Off ice cCity ·~f. M,onterey 'City ·;Hall _ '~9-~1;erey, ~ -:;094 o

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Harbormaster's offrce P~O •. Box J;O- . -Moss Lai:lding, CA 95039

-Harbormaster' s Of flea · Y. 'BreakWater Santa Barbara, CA 93109 {805) 963-1:73.7-'.

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oceansiae:Harbor District 540 Harbor Drive North oceanside, CA ~2054 Attn: Harbor Police (619) .722 .... 14~~?' .

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oramg~ -~1;:H.:n~1 1 . Harbol:' Department Dar~~ 'Point ..Harbor · ' . : .:;. Dana Point,· cA 926~f , . \ (714) 49.6-2242 .

Harbor Patrol 1275· Embarcadero Morro Bay I ca 93.4'4"2.

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(406) 633-2461-.

Three copies- ·mus,t. b~- -s~pt to the Harbo;master' s otfi~e, 2-.. o •. Box 249, Pier 3, ~vil.a ~each, ca 93424. Nqi~_es wix.3. ):>e ;posted at the foll.owing 1oc~tions: •'

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01~ Port ~ish co., Avi1a Beach, CA Rusty·' s, AviJ.a -Beach,. CA

COMMERCIAL FISHilTG 0RGANIZATIONS

California coastal operators <;roup ~ 121 Gray Av~nue, suite 3 Sa~t~ ~~~bgra, CA 93101

'Attn: 9~~~1yn_H~bbl~ (805) ~6q;..'1.11~

International. Seafood Market 392o·w. Channel Islands Blvd. Oxnard; CA ~3U30 (8.05) . 985•5374

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Chesapeake. Fish CQ •. 1 .J~c.~ :s3s Harbor lane ;San Diego, CA 92101

cc: o mm'e r c i a :t; F is'her.m:an / s Association of Santa Barbara · c/o. Fish Market

. ~~9 .:HarbQr ~w~y Sarita Barbara; ca 93I69 ·'(sos) 9:66-4494.

Fisherman's CQoperative Assoc. of San Pedro Bertli 7.3 ·San Pedro, CA -90731 (213 832"'."53-zg , "'

Fishermen's Quay Cprp. 1_449-F Spinnaker Dr~ve Ventura, CA 93001 {805) '>644-8286

Monterey, P~ish c;o P·.o. Box 1a\75·

":'Wharf .#.'2- : , . -~~n~rel~, -~~-; 93940

!<1onterey Marine State P.O;;. Box- f230 Wharf i2 Monterey, CA ~~940

~orr9 ·Bay Marina Inc. G!)9 Embarcanero

· ·M6;ro. Bay, -CA .. 5!~'442 -

Santa Barbara Snerllish co. ·23 oo stern ''s ·Wharf santa ~ar~ara; CA 93101

Can~al coast Seafood :P.o~ Box io7~ · Morro' Bay, CA 934lf2 -.r.t~:. <-~thy ,

. l?ac:t:fi~ .Coast . ;;Federation of F-lsheiiti~n' $ Associatio,ns, Inc ... P.O .• Box 1626 Sausal~to, CA, 94965. · Attn:- w~t,. Grader, Jrc ( 415) 332-5080 '

Liaison Offic'e 121 Gr~y Ave, Suite 3 Santa BarJ:>~ra,, ~\ 93101. Attn: or. craiq Fusaro (805) 963•8819

.Mar~ne Serv,,ica ant;l ·.Equipment 1169 Market,streee Morro Bay, CA 9344~

'Union oil :Fuel Dock Breakwater Santa Barbara, CA: - 93.109 (S:OS) 962~71$6

Wa~"ltlan Fish Co. , 1449-D Spinnaker Drive Ventura, ca· '93001 ·, · (805) 644-0425

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Morro Say 'Fuel Dc~k 201 Main street Moi;-ro.Bay, ca 9~442

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Mo,ss La-~ding Cdm'tterciai :Fisherman's. Association ·p.o •. 'Box 44' .. · M~ss La~dinq; CA 95039

Tom's Fish~rman~s Supp~y,·Inc. 2210 East Cli~f Drive ~· Santa ·cruz, ·cA 9so~ti ,.

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Woodward Marine -~ -,,, p.o .. , aox 4SA · ·

- .. ~<!,S.S.· ~di-nq, .CA.. 95039,

Capt~~~ Vi~c~t Yel~u~ich,. ·:Wt.tart 12 · : ·1? .. 0.~ Box '2o.46. · Monterey, CA · 93940

$~. -c;QP-i~s .must be: .sent ~o 'Universiti ,of· So)lthtl;:'l·. ~a1·J;:t~_ia -~~~~,:-~dv,isoey :Se~ic;es1 s20 s. seaside- ·Avenue, Te~irt!!:Ji Island, CA 90731,. (213) ,830-6328.

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- '. . ' Notification· must be se:Qt, as , ,&pecd::~ied in th._ · format, to ·the following ifarties. tor operations in.

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'GOVERNMEWJ( OFFIC_ES AND'. tiN:IVERSIT;tES

In ~ddition, to. no-t;ification, permittee :shall coordinate ili actlv;_~ies to b.e-·cond~cted under this permit .with the· ~ollqwing agenci;es.

~iif ornia coasta1 Com;nission 631 Howard St~., 4tli Fioor - - -~nergy Q~vis;qn . -:s~n ?rartcisco, CA 941os .Attn: Susa~· Han~cq ··-( 415) 543-8555 ~

Environ~~ntal Protection Agency 215 Fremont S~reet .Mail Code WS1 San F~ancisco, CA 9410s· Attn: Patricia Ekland . (415) 974-8283 .

u.s. A-ir Force Western Space & Missile center W.:SMC/SE Vandenberg Air Force Base; CA

californi~ Department of Fish & Game ·-24:!» wast .BroadWay. t.ohcz .Beacih .a · 9oao2· Attnr. John·· l.J. · .:Baxtir · · · .R8qional Manage%;' (213,) S9.0,-!5l.32'

National M~rine F..isheries Service 300 s~uth Ferry s~reat Room 2011 -,,.; Termina1 rsland, CA go73~ Attn: . Ch'iet -- of, 'Habitat· ' Environmentai Branch,, . .;· Jim Slawson· - ~ · (213) 548-25,l.7

t1 .·s. Fish and Wilc'.ilite s~rvice 24000 Avrla Road Laguna Nic.JUel, -cA 92677 Attn: ocs Coordinator,

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- .93437 John Woxf e 0

Attn: Offshore.Manager (805) 8GG-3G.02 .

· CoJ'.lllilander ( oan) 12th Coast Guard District· ·coast Guard :tsiand Aiameda, ~ 94501-sioo (41:5} 437-3465

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U.S. Navy, CPWP Ma val Air s~ation, ·Mo·~~ett · ·Field, Bui-lding ~oo · Mof~ett F~eld, CA 94035 Attn: Code 33 (415) 966-5606

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., lf,~~c;;>n~iile, CA 9~07~ ' - . '{4QS) 7Z4-4734 - -

, -~~1f6~ia Depa~eqt_Qf-~ish~~~d Game 2201·Graden Roa~ - . Monterey, CA\ 93_94o ·- ·

'· Attn:. Vn~~ Man~ger_. (408) 649.o;,21370 . - .

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* North of ~anta Cruz/San ~at;~o ·Cq~nty !4ne~ _.,

California Department of Fj;Sh and Game 411 Burg~s ~rive _ Menlo P~rk, CA ~4025

·Attn:-,_ ·unit -Manager (415) '326~·a324 . - ._ -·. -

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Area Marine Advisor '.26o~ Vep*-~a A:ven~e, -. B.9om lOO-P -Santa Rosa, <:A. 9540.1 (707.) 527-2.621:

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·Notify gnly those Harbormaster' s office~ -within' ioo. _f~~,le~ qf the proposed survey. . For geophysic~l surveys, the' enve+«?.P~ ~"1;:ll·l be prcminent-ly labeled WSEISMIC SUAVEY NO~ICE ' PO$T :tMMEOIA~LY*

.. Jt~rbor ot:f-ice . City'of Mon~erey City H;tll ' -· MonterE\y, CA 93940 (4QS) )~4~--3950

Barbormaster's Office P.O •. Box 10 -Moss_ Landing, cA 95039· ~ (~08) 633•24:.6~

Santa. cruz Po~ ·District 136 5th Avenue~ Santa cruz- CA 95062

Harbor .patrol. -:-· ~<..._ -~ •·

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Harbormaster~.s . ott!ce .-( ,_ ... f ~ '\

Noyo HarbQ.r · ' . 19101 ·s. HarbQr D~ive

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Three copies must be ·sent to the H~rbormaster'~- Of~~i:-C?-~, P*~· Box .249,: Pie,:'· 3, Avila Beach, GA 93424· Noi:ces t(~l1 -i;._ posted at. ·the following lo~ati-ons: -~ .. :-:. •'-

a. Old Port Fish ~o., Avila ~~ach, Ca.

Anchor Fish co. & F.uel .. -'l{oyo Harbor

1ao .N. Harbor Drive :Fol:t B~agq-, CA ·95437.

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Crab Boat owner's Association 2905 itones Street San Francisco, CA 94133

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cent:ra'i coast ~sectt"C:(® P.O. -~OX 1076 .. : . Morro Bay, CA _ 934_:42' Attn:- ·Kathy - -

Pacific Coast ·FettE!J:at,i~n. -of ·Fisb~~~nr·s· .>i&,so·eiil~on;;~ · ~nc. P.O. Box 1626 . '. - -: t •

Sausalito, CA·> ¥4965 - ,._'· · ·:: Attn_: w.F.. Gradei:f .. Jr.. \i+

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Wharf ·"'- . Monte~~t~ :-~~- · 93,~o_ Monterey Har:Ine:state P~O. Box 1230 -

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Meridith Fish co~ , > "-{ I ''

~9yo . !{a±boJ!-~ ~ Box 7·27 Fort Bra~q, CA ,9543.7 ~" ;;.c:;:-

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Sa1mon Trolier's. )Jarketinq. - :ASsoci:ation · - · · : -· '. ' ·

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Moss: -- La:ndlmc.i -. ep)i~l~~:b~~;\ Fish~rman's ASsocia~fon 4 ~ P.o~"-s6x 44' ·. -- : : ·".:•--:~:. · Mos~- Iicinding; ·;~" ·~~'?3~ ~~:.: ;~

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201 Main street ~ ~-. · ~orro --aa.y-1. oCA :.93.v4'2· :_-:-, -~ · '"'"1

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santa Cruz, d:-:::.§5626' ; :_.: t-:: :,,.

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. Harbor Dock, Bodega Bay, Ce. Lucas· Wharf i. Sodega Bay, Ca. ·FfasC?n ~arfna, Bo4,eqa Bay, ca. 1'J~rid1tm ~ish:Co!, Boqeqa Bay, ca. ·t.rhe 'rides, ·sod~ga Eay, ca.

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J!llijIOlf xv; Not£:t:lc~tio11 must be l!!ent, ali ~Pet<4i,~ . ~ the. :· -~ ,' notification.format, -to tha ~ollowirtg parties for .op~~tio~ in Region · IV,; . · . "' <-: : ' ' i

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GQVEBNHENT OfFtCEs· ANO UNlVERStTIES :--- ~ ..... ~ ..... . ..

~ri ~ a4~ition to ~~t~fi~€ion, pe~tt~~ ... :S~al{ ~ c~~~~~~-'.~ all. activi~ies to be ~ond~cted under this pe~t with th~ ~ollo~inq '... . ,. . aqenci~s,

Cctl-if ornia Coast~l ~ommission. . ~3~. Ho~r4 st:"'"' 41;11 Fl.oar. , ;::. --~erg:y Division ~ '·· _ ~; s~ Francisco, -~ ·~410~ :..r

-Attn,, -. susan ~l!ansch · · ~ -(415) ·s.f3-SS$5 ·." _-< , - •

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Enviro~~~~l- -~~c?~~~~ie~--:Aq~ncy 21!? fremopt street' -Mail.Code .WS1 ~ -~~ ,~;-a~c;i.~co, , :<;1!. _ :· 94105 Attp: -~~'t;~i~~~- ~~~

Na ti-?nal M~rin~: ~~~;h~~*as ·servic;e · ,.. '··

( 415) $7'.~;::$28;1·,

3r:a Soµ~- Ferr,r Street ,. Room ~9~~ : :. . : _ ·,._ : .. ~ : --·. '.:< Terminal J:~l~fi:t: · <;!\.:~~:" :@97~~

. Attn: :®±e~_:. ~( ·: ·H~I}~~~ ·&: Environmental Bral\¢ht:· Jim Slawson · .,_ (213) 548-25~7: )f,~~ :-._ ~-. :··"~ ..

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U .s. Air. Force . . · ~ .s ... _ f4.~h an~ .,~~;!t §•~ic~. Western ~pac~ ~· -·~~sJ;~e; center 24000 Avila Roacl · WSMC/SE La9tina Ni'guel, CA· 92677 .

: ... , _,V~~~~~erg .Ai+ Fprq~ Base__, CA-- Ai;Fl.!.: O~ ~9Q+d!J!<p.t;9~,, _:. . 93.43.7- · -. . John WoJ:-.fe . , . . _. ~, - ·

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. f~"l~., ·. •Bu_i~~;ng. ~oo _ -::. ,ffctfett Field, -- CA 94.0'35: c 4-is) 437-3506. _ Ati:ih code 33 · · · · --. (415) 966-5606

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Notify Qnly tbosf/e Ha~fbormaster'- s oft ices witltln. 1oe- ~ies o~ ~ - ·; · :,~·, proposed survey• Fo?~ geophysical s11rveys, the env:C4'0pe ~ba~l be '-J ·

prol'!l~nently labe1led •:SEJ:SMJ:C SURVEY NOTICE - -POS'l' D!MED:tA'?ELY"'

Huml:loldt Bay Hf1.rbor Recreation ·&. Conservation ·t>istrict Woodley l:sland1 Mar.:i;na & State Hwy. 256 Eureka, CA 95tso1

Santa Cruz Port: Disrdrict 135 5th AvenuQ -Santa <;ruz CA 95062 (408) ·tiS-6161.

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Anchor Fish (:o.. & 1~"uel- Dock Noyo Harbor , · .780 N. HarboJ:' Dri'1i:e Fort B:i;agg, l::A g5,437

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Mai1irg AddresS: Jurisdiction: Federal state . Both If state: Pennit #l?.RC --Region: Area:

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Will1am ·F. Roberts RSgional SUpei:visor · l340 Tllest .. 6.th Street Ios AD;eie$, CA 90017 '{213) 894-2500

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~.L ~ STATE 11.GENCIES AND AREA MAmm; ADVISORS~ ·p_l..o~f'.e acknowled]e ~i¢. of this notice by retu:rrtj.rq a signe:l c:t:Jpy of this notice to the -~ if 'the ·S\lrVey 'is ~ Federal waters.

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-In·: order for .. a. Non'!'"Exclusive -Geophysical P_er.mit ... to ~e.

issued, th~ Commission requires proo,f '.that- tb.e~ D.ir.eqtori. ~f ~ta.: corporation seeking the permit have given their approval to the terms of the permit. Atta~hed is- a Certifica~~ -o~ Corporation. P~ease complete th~ form -a~d Attach - a copy of :t!le ~esolution adopted by the Appl.icant Is Board of :Directors· -author~'Zing the Appl-icant ·to obtain ~e permit• , : <.

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T.fie attache~ is a true ~opy of a resolution duiy ~d~pted by the Board of Directors .of 1;.ht:i corporation auth..,riz.1ng:. the corpor~ti9n to obtain the Non-Exclusive G~ophysical... Permit, unde~ the te~, conditions and regulations reqti'ired by the State Lands Co~is~ion. The resolution was adQpted at regula~ (or specia1) meeting of the Board duly held on - ~ ~ 19 and

- -entered in the minutes of such meeting In the minute book Of the corp·oration.

·Th~ ·resolution is in conformity wii:h the articles ,of i~corporat~on and byl~WS Of the corporat:ion, , ha~ nev!~;:; peen m9difie4 or repealed, and is now in· full force-and effec~~-(

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