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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AJ30 Publication ID: Fall 1998 
Title: Guidelines for the Description, Identification, Conservation, and Enhancement of Essential Fish Habitat 
Abstract: Guidelines to assist Fishery Management Councils in the description and identification of essential fish habitat (EFH), including adverse impacts on EFH, and in the consideration of actions to conserve and enhance EFH, in fishery management plans. 
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 600   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Final regulations to be published within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.  04/11/1997 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  11/08/1996  61 FR 57843   
ANPRM Comment Period End  12/09/1996    
Second ANPRM  01/09/1997  62 FR 1306   
Second ANPRM Comment Period End  02/12/1997    
NPRM  04/23/1997  62 FR 19723   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/08/1997    
Interim Final Rule  12/19/1997  62 FR 66531   
Final Action  10/00/1998    
Additional Information: RFA: N
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
James P. Burgess
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, NMFS
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-2325
Email: james.burgess@noaa.gov