Description: Under the Endangered Species Act, NMFS is required to designate critical habitat using the best available scientific data. This draft report uses the best available data to assess the economic impacts of the potential designation of marine critical habitat for six DPSs of the green turtle. This report underwent peer-review. The draft report will be published on NMFS’ website when the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register.
ID: ID462 Info. Type: ISI
Start date of Peer Review: 9/1/2022
Estimated Initial Dissemination Date: 7/18/2023
Actual Dissemination Date of peer review report and final work product:
Contact Person: Jennifer Schultz
Review Type: Individual letters
Expected Number of Peer Reviewers: 1-3
Peer Reviewers will be selected by: National Marine Fisheries Service
Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate
potential peer reviewers? No.
Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be
peer reviewed? Yes.
How: The proposed rule to designate critical habitat for green turtle DPSs will be published in the Federal Register announcing a public comment period. Electronic copies of the proposed rule (and the reports that support the rule) will be available upon publication at http://www.regulations.gov.
When: Public comments will be received within 90 days of publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register.
Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? No.
Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Economic analysis of potential impacts of critical habitat designations.
Comments on Peer Review:
Draft Economic Report
TOR Responses
Charge statement: TOR
Peer review report and final work product: Not yet available