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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AV00 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Essential Fish Habitat 
Abstract: This amendment would update Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS). This amendment considers alternatives for different EFH identifications and descriptions, considers designating Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPCs), and analyzes fishing and non-fishing impacts on any resulting changes to EFH. EFH for Atlantic HMS was originally identified and described in the 1999 Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks, and in the 1999 Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Billfish FMP. As part of the 5-year review and update required by the EFH regulatory guidelines, NMFS reviewed all new and existing EFH data in the Consolidated HMS FMP and determined that changes to existing EFH may be warranted. This amendment would constitute the second phase of the 5-year review and update by potentially modifying some of the existing EFH. 
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 635   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Availability  09/19/2008  73 FR 54384   
Notice of Availability Comment Period Extended  11/12/2008  73 FR 66844   
Notice of Availability Comment Period End  11/18/2008    
Notice of Availability Comment Period End  12/12/2008    
NPRM  06/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Alan Risenhoover
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13362,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-2334
Fax:301 713-0596
Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov