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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0648</CODE>
            <NAME>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>NOAA</ACRONYM>
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            <CODE>0600</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Commerce</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOC</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Rule to Implement a Minimum Possession Size Limit on Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) </RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The United States is a major importer of spiny lobster from the Caribbean, importing more than 88,000 tons (over 194 million lbs) over the past 10 years, worth an estimated $2.27 billion dollars.  The United States imports over 90 percent of the spiny lobster harvested in Brazil, Colombia, Central America and the Caribbean countries.  The major exporters to the United States are the Bahamas, Brazil, Honduras and Nicaragua.  All of these exporting countries have some form of minimum size requirement, but they are not standardized and enforcement is severely lacking.  Therefore, NOAA Fisheries Service in coordination with the Caribbean, South Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils is proposing to place a minimum size limit restriction on imports to curtail the flow of undersized lobster harvested in foreign countries.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>50 CFR 622</CFR>
            <CFR>50 CFR 640</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 1801</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Intent</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/26/2007</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>72 FR 41063</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Availability </TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/15/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 61015</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/29/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 64295</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/15/2008</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action </TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/12/2009</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>74 FR 1148</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Roy</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Crabtree</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Regional Administrator, Southeast Region</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0648</CODE>
                    <NAME>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>NOAA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>727 570-5305</PHONE>
                <FAX>727 570-5583</FAX>
                <EMAIL>roy.crabtree@noaa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>National Marine Fisheries Service, 263 Thirteenth Avenue South,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>St. Petersburg</CITY>
                    <STATE>FL</STATE>
                    <ZIP>33701</ZIP>
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