Good news on the proposed Seismic Survey off Barnegat Inlet later this summer. “NSF has decided to extend the public comment period by an additional 15 days above and beyond the 37 days it was planned to be open for comment. The public comment period will now close on February 9, 2015, 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time.” Last year’s attempt was stymied by equipment failure and to our knowledge no announcement or warning was issued to our community. Please let them know what you think of this situation by sending an email comment to:

nsfcommentnj@nsf.gov

We are searching for studies done on the effects of their equipment on recreational divers and will post and inform our community when the final Environmental Assessment has been published. The proposed Environmental Assessment can be found here:

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/envcomp/amended_mountain_nj_margin_ex_draft_18dec14-b.pdf