At the end of a public comment period on the Alaska Apache Co., exploration permitting for Cook Inlet, mine were the only comments to be recorded. There were no other organizations or individuals weighing in on a significant study underway.
The public needs to know more about the testing work underway because during a 2D test program conducted in March, Apache deployed acoustic recorders to measure underwater sound produced by land-based explosives. The resulting measurements were deemed inconclusive by JASCO, a Canadian company. Apache has proposed that a more intense test, and therefore more dangerous to marine mammals, needs to be done. 