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Energy Law

Aug. 28, 2003

Ruling Strikes Compromise On Coastal Sonar Blasts

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Navy can test a controversial new sonar system intended to detect quiet enemy submarines but must restrict its use in order to protect whales and other marine animals, U.S. Magistrate Elizabeth D. Laporte ruled Tuesday.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Navy can test a controversial new sonar system intended to detect quiet enemy submarines but must restrict its use in order to protect whales and other marine animals, U.S. Magistrate Elizabeth D. Laporte ruled Tuesday.
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