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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BF28 Publication ID: Fall 2017 
Title: Designation of Critical Habitat for the Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina, and South Atlantic Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon  
Abstract:

The National Marine Fisheries Service listed four distinct population segments of Atlantic sturgeon as endangered--and one distinct population of Atlantic sturgeon as threatened--under the Endangered Species Act on February 6, 2012. This rule designated critical habitat for the Gulf of Maine, New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina, and South Atlantic Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic sturgeon.

 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Judicial  per consent decree entered December 3, 2014, and modified by a November 9, 2015, order.  05/30/2016 

Overall Description of Deadline: Following a complaint from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Delaware Riverkeeper Network, we agreed to submit this proposed rule to the Federal Register by November 30, 2015 for publication.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/03/2016  81 FR 35701   
NPRM Comment Period End  09/01/2016 
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  09/29/2016  81 FR 66911   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End  10/14/2016 
Final Action  08/17/2017  82 FR 39160   
Final Action Effective  09/18/2017 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Related RINs: Merged with 0648-BF32 
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