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DOC/NOAA

RIN: 0648-AU53

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Naval Surf-Zone Explosive Ordnance Disposal School Training Operations at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from Eglin Air Force Base (EAFB) to take marine mammals by Level B harassment incidental to Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (NEODS) training operations, which include up to 30 detonations per year of small C-4 charges, off Santa Rosa Island (SRI) at EAFB. This action would implement regulations to govern that take. In order to issue a Letter of Authorization (LOA) and issue final regulations governing the take, NMFS must determine that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or stocks and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of such species or stock for taking for subsistence uses.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite ANPRM  11/00/2008     ANPRM Comment Period End  12/00/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
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