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RIN: 0648-AT77

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Assessing Naval Ship Survivability
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from the U.S. Navy for an authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to take marine mammals, by harassment, injury, and possible mortality, incidental to conducting a shock trial along the U.S. East Coast off Mayport, Florida. Shock trials are required to test the survivability of naval ship assets in accordance with section 2366, title 10 United States Code. As a result of this request, NMFS is expecting to issue new regulations to govern the incidental taking of marine mammals by the Navy for this activity. In order to promulgate regulations and issue an Letter of Authorization thereunder, NMFS must determine that the takings will have a negligible impact on the affected species and stocks of marine mammals. Those determinations have been made and are contained in the rulemaking.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	04/11/2008	73 FR 19789
NPRM Comment Period End	05/12/2008
Final Action	07/24/2008	73 FR 43130
Final Rule	11/00/2008

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