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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AW38 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act Disaster Assistance Programs 
Abstract: In accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), as amended, and the Interjuisdictional Fisheries Act (IFA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes regulations to govern the application for and determination of commercial fishery failures as a basis for acquiring potential disaster assistance. The regulations would establish definitions, characteristics of commercial fishery failures, serious disruptions affecting future production, and harm incurred by fishermen, fishery resource disasters, requirements for initiating a review by NMFS, and the administrative process it will follow in processing such applications. The intended effect of these procedures and requirements is to clarify the fishery disaster assistance provisions of the MSA and the IFA through rulemaking and thereby facilitate the processing of requests. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1861    16 USC 4107   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/15/2009  74 FR 2478   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  02/06/2009  74 FR 6257   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/17/2009    
NPRM Comment Period End  04/20/2009    
Final Action  10/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Charles L. Cooper
Program Leader
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-2396
Email: charles.cooper@noaa.gov