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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AX23 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: ●90-Day Finding for a Petition to Revise the Critical Habitat Designation for the Hawaiian Monk Seal 
Abstract: On July 2, 2008, we received a petition from Center for Biological Diversity, Kahea, and Ocean Conservancy, to revise the critical habitat designation for the Hawaiian monk seal under the Endangered Species Act. The petitioners request that we extend critical habitat in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to Sand Island and ocean waters out to a depth of 500 meters and to include key beach areas, sand spits, and islets, lagoon waters, inner reef waters, and ocean waters out to a depth of 200 meters around the main Hawaiian Islands. If all of this habitat is not determined to qualify as critical habitat, the petitioners request that we designate a subset of the petitioned areas. This petition triggers a requirement to make a 90-day finding on whether the petitioned action may be warranted. We have determined that it may be warranted, and we are announcing this finding in the Federal Register. By July 2, 2009, we must make a 12-month determination on whether the petitioned action is warranted and announce how we intend to proceed in the Federal Register. 
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: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Statutory  12-month finding on petition to revise critical habitat for the species  07/07/2009 
Other  Statutory  90-day finding on petition to revise critical habitat for the species  10/07/2008 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
90-Day Finding  10/03/2008  73 FR 57583   
NPRM  12/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Marta Nammack
Office of Protected Resources
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-1401
Fax:301 427-2523
Email: marta.nammack@noaa.gov