Comment from jean public

no permit should be given to this agency to allow them to kill whales, dolphins, seals, and other marine life with their practicign gunnery. gunnery can be practiced without actually bombing the usa waters. i do not aupport any permits for this activity and wonder at the stupidity of the us navy unable to find less harmful ways to practice. certainly there are. the drones dont go out and bomb. practice in pakistan or afghanistan both of which can stand the bombing. this project needs to be stopped. the whales are innocent animals that do not deserve to be killed in this horrific manner. this is not "negligible" at all. it is a massive killing operation.this killing is entirely intentional. this is what the navy killers did alreadOver the next five years, the United States Navy plans to conduct large scale training exercises involving intense sonar pulses and explosives off the California coast, which is expected to result in more than 9.5 million instances of harm to whales and dolphins between Dana Point and San Diego and extending more than 600 nautical miles out to sea. Impacts to marine resources could spread as animals travel in and out of toxic debris leftover from explosives. In addition, the Navy’s blast of high intensity noise from mid-frequency sonar pulses can impact animals far from their source. However, before these training exercises can begin, the Navy must ask the California Coastal Commission to determine that these activities are consistent with California’s Coastal Zone Management Act, including goals to protect, preserve, and enhance the coastal environment. EPIC has been tracking the Navy’s proposed warfare testing along the Pacific coast and since October of 2010. Over the last few years, we have had over a thousand people take action online and nearly 2,000 people filled out post cards requesting Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment Committee, to hold congressional hearings to address cumulative effects to marine life and