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<\/a>The Associated Press<\/p>\n

President Bush cannot exempt the Navy from environmental laws banning sonar training that opponents argue harms whales, a federal judge ruled Monday.<\/p>\n

Navy officials did not immediately respond to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper. Mark Matsunaga, spokesman for the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, headquartered in Hawaii, said officials needed time to review it before commenting.<\/p>\n

The president signed a waiver Jan. 15 exempting the Navy and its anti-submarine warfare exercises from a preliminary injunction creating a 12 nautical-mile no-sonar zone off Southern California. The Navy’s attorneys argued in court last week that he was within his legal rights.<\/p>\n

The Navy is not “exempted from compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and this Court’s injunction,” Cooper wrote in her 36-page decision.<\/p>\n

Environmentalists have fought the use of sonar in court, saying it harms whales and other marine mammals.<\/p>\n

“It’s an excellent decision,” said Joel Reynolds, attorney for the National Resources Defense Council, which is spearheading the legal fight. “It reinstates the proper balance between national security and environmental protection.”<\/p>\n

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