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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AJ30 Publication ID: Spring 2000 
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) in fishery management plans, and in the consideration of actions to conserve and enhance EFH, and procedures for consultation, coordination, and recommendations to protect EFH. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Other Significant 
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  01/09/1997  62 FR 1306   
NPRM  04/23/1997  62 FR 19723   
Interim Final Rule  12/19/1997  62 FR 66531   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  03/19/1998    
Supplemental Comment Period  11/08/1999  64 FR 60731   
Supplemental Comment Period End  12/23/1999    
Final Action  09/00/2000    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Andrew J. Kemmerer Ph.D.
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, NMFS
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone:301 713-2325
Fax:301 713-1043
Email: andy.kemmerer@noaa.gov