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RIN: 0648-BD79

Publication ID: Spring 2015

Title: Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Marine Corps Training Activities at Marine Air Corps Station Cherry Point Range Complex
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service, upon request from the United States Marine Corps, plans to propose regulations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training activities in support of military readiness activities. The proposed regulations will set forth the permissible methods of taking; means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on the affected species or stocks and their habitats and, if applicable, on their availability for taking for subsistence uses; and requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking. Letters of Authorization issued under the regulations would authorize the take of bottlenose dolphins incidental to weapons delivery training activities (i.e., gunnery, mine laying, bombing, or rocket exercises) for a 5-year period in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 217
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/15/2014	79 FR 41373
Final Action	03/13/2015	80 FR 13264
Final Action Effective	03/13/2015	80 FR 13264
Next Action Undetermined	07/00/2015

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: Donna Wieting Director, Office of Protected Resources Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone:301 427-8400