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| DOC/NOAA | RIN: 0648-AW80 | Publication ID: Fall 2008 |
| Title: ●Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Mission Activities | |
| Abstract: On April 3, 2008, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received an application from the Navy requesting an authorization for the take of 15 species/stocks of cetacean incidental to the proposed mission activities in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) study area over the course of five years. These mission activities are classified as military readiness activities. The purpose of the proposed mission activities is to enhance NSWC PCD's capability and capacity to meet littoral and expeditionary warfare requirements by providing Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) and in service engineering for expeditionary maneuver warfare, operations in extreme environments, mine warfare, maritime operations, and coastal operations. The Navy states that these training activities may cause various impacts to marine mammal species in the NSWC PCD study area. The Navy requests an authorization to take individuals of these cetacean species by Level B Harassment. Further, the Navy requests an authorization to take 1 individual each of bottlenose, Atlantic spotted, and pantropical spotted dolphins per year by injury, as a result of the proposed mission activities. NMFS is issuing a proposed rule to govern the take of these marine mammals by Level B harassment (behavior) and Level A harassment (injury) incidental to the aforementioned mission activities in the Naval NSWC PCD study area for a period of five years, under the authority of section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Under that authority NMFS also must prescribe mitigation, monitoring, and reporting requirements in connection with take authorizations. | |
| Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
| RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
| Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined |
| CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 | |
| Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq | |
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| Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | Government Levels Affected: Federal |
| Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
| Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
| RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
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Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne Fishery Biologist Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 Phone:907 586-7235 Fax:301 713-2521 Email: michael.payne@noaa.gov |
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