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Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Jan 4, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/346011_orcasonar04.html

Judge put limits on Navy sonar use

By Robert Mcclure

A federal judge forbade the Navy on Thursday from using a powerful form
of sonar within 12 miles of the California coast and slapped other
restrictions on naval war exercises in a ruling that could have
repercussions in the Pacific Northwest.

U.S. District Judge Florence Marie-Cooper said noise from the Navy's
midfrequency sonar far outstrips levels at which federal rules require
ear protection for humans on the job. Whales' hearing is extremely
sensitive.