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Sonar settlement seen as victory by both sides

By Richard Binder

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The Navy and several environmental groups settled a lawsuit that challenged the Navy's use of sonar around the globe as dangerous to whales and other marine mammals, the two sides said Saturday.

The Navy said the settlement, reached Friday but not announced for 24 hours, does not require any additional protective measures for whales beyond those it had agreed to in 2005. Nor does it require that additional funds be spent on marine mammal research beyond the $14.75 million the Navy has already earmarked for the next three years. But the Navy also said the deal requires it to continue to research how sonar affects whales and other marine mammals.

The case is separate from one the U.S. Supreme Court decided last month, in which the majority said the Navy could not be unduly required to protect whales.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on December 29, 2008 (boomark / email).

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