Sec. 70301. Data collection and dissemination
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Section 402 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1421a ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting or entangled after stranded ; in paragraph (3)— by striking strandings, and inserting strandings and entanglements, including unusual mortality events, ; by inserting stranding before region ; and by striking marine mammals; and and inserting marine mammals and entangled marine mammals to allow comparison of the causes of illness and deaths in stranded marine mammals and entangled marine mammals with physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters; and ; and in paragraph (4), by striking analyses, that would allow comparison of the causes of illness and deaths in stranded marine mammals with physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters. and inserting analyses. ; and by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: After each response to a stranding or entanglement event, the Secretary shall collect (including from any staff of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that respond directly to such an event), and shall require each stranding network participant who responds to that stranding or entanglement to submit to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration— data on the stranding event, including NOAA Form 89–864 (OMB #0648–0178), NOAA Form 89–878 (OMB #0648–0178), similar successor forms, or similar information in an appropriate format required by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for species under its management authority; supplemental data to the data described in subparagraph (A), which may include, as available, relevant information about— weather and tide conditions; offshore human, predator, or prey activity; morphometrics; behavior; health assessments; life history samples; or stomach and intestinal contents; and data and results from laboratory analysis of tissues, which may include, as appropriate and available— histopathology; toxicology; microbiology; virology; or parasitology. A stranding network participant shall submit— the data described in paragraph (1)(A) not later than 30 days after the date of a response to a stranding or entanglement event; the compiled data described in paragraph (1)(B) not later than 30 days after the date on which the data is available to the stranding network participant; and the compiled data described in paragraph (1)(C) not later than 30 days after the date on which the laboratory analysis has been reported to the stranding network participant. The Secretary shall develop a program to make information, including any data and metadata collected under paragraphs
(3)or
(4)of subsection
(b)or subsection (c), available to researchers, stranding network participants, and the public— to improve real-time coordination of response to stranding and entanglement events across geographic areas and between stranding coordinators; to identify and quickly disseminate information on potential public health risks; to facilitate integrated interdisciplinary research; to facilitate peer-reviewed publications; to archive regional data into 1 national database for future analyses; and for education and outreach activities. The Secretary shall ensure that any data or metadata collected under subsection (c)— by staff of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that responded directly to a stranding or entanglement event is available to the public through the Health MAP and the Observation System not later than 30 days after that data or metadata is collected by, available to, or reported to the Secretary; and by a stranding network participant that responded directly to a stranding or entanglement event is made available to the public through the Health MAP and the Observation System not later than 2 years after the date on which that data is submitted to the Secretary under subsection (c). Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary may make data described in paragraph (2)(B) publicly available earlier than 2 years after the date on which that data is submitted to the Secretary under subsection (c), if the stranding network participant has completed a written release stating that such data may be made publicly available. Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary may withhold data for a longer period than the period of time described in paragraph
(2)in the event of a law enforcement action or legal action that may be related to that data. The Secretary, in consultation with the marine mammal stranding community, shall— make publicly available guidance about uniform data and metadata standards to ensure that data collected in accordance with this section can be archived in a form that is readily accessible and understandable to the public through the Health MAP and the Observation System; and periodically update such guidance. In collaboration with the regional stranding networks, the Secretary shall develop, and periodically update, a data management and public outreach collaboration policy for stranding or entanglement events. .
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