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RIN: 0648-AQ71

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: Taking Marine Mammals Incidental To Conducting Oil and Gas Exploration Activities in the Gulf of Mexico
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received an application from the U.S. Minerals Management Service for regulations under section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to authorize the taking of marine mammals incidental to conducting oil and gas exploration activities by U.S. citizens in the Gulf of Mexico. Without this authorization, the taking of marine mammals is prohibited by the MMPA. In order to authorize the taking and issuing of authorizations, NMFS must, through regulations, determine that the proposed activity will have no more than a negligible impact on the affected species and stocks of marine mammals.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371(a)(5)(A)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/00/2008
NPRM Comment Period End	01/00/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead Fishery Biologist Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20912 Phone:301 713-2055 Email: ken.hollingshead@noaa.gov