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RIN: 0648-AS36

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction
Abstract: These regulations would establish speed restrictions to reduce the number of deaths to North Atlantic right whales as a result of collisions with vessels, which account for more confirmed right whale deaths than any other anthropogenic cause. Speed restrictions would be limited to areas and times when North Atlantic right whales and ships overlap to reduce the likelihood of ship strikes to the extent practicable.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: Private Sector
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 224
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	06/01/2004	69 FR 30857
ANPRM Comment Period Extended	07/09/2004	69 FR 41446
ANPRM Comment Period Extended	09/13/2004	69 FR 55135
NPRM	06/26/2006	71 FR 36299
Comment Period Extended	08/14/2006	71 FR 46440
NPRM Comment Period End	08/25/2006
Comment Period End	10/05/2006
Final Action	10/10/2008	73 FR 60173

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pr2
Initial (Administrative Startup and /or Capital) Cost: $0	Yearly (Annual Operating) Cost: $116,000,000
Base Year of the Dollar Estimates: 2005	RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: James H. Lecky Director, Office of Protected Resources Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone:301 713-2332 Fax:301 427-2520 Email: jim.lecky@noaa.gov