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RIN: 0648-AT83

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Naval Explosives Ordnance Testing and Training Exercises in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from the U.S. Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) for an authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting naval explosives ordnance disposal school exercises within the waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico adjacent to Eglin AFB. As a result of this request, NMFS will propose regulations that, if implemented, would govern the incidental taking of marine mammals by Eglin AFB for this activity. In order to promulgate regulations and issue a Letter of Authorization (LOA) thereunder, NMFS must determine that the takings will have 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 216.101
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/00/2009
NPRM Comment Period End	06/00/2009

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: 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