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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AX36 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Marine Mammal Protection Act; Petition To Ban Importation of Commercial Fish or Fish Products Caught With Commercial Fishing Technology That Has Marine Mammal Bycatch 
Abstract: NMFS announces receipt of a petition for rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act. The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network, non-governmental organizations, have petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce and other relevant Departments to initiate rulemaking to ban importation of commercial fish or products from fish that have been caught with commercial fishing technology that results in incidental mortality or serious injury of marine mammals in excess of United States standards. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Petition for Rulemaking  12/15/2008  73 FR 75988   
Notice Comment Period End  01/29/2009    
Reopening of Comment Period  02/04/2009  74 FR 6010   
Notice Comment Period Extended  03/23/2009    
NPRM  12/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Christopher Rogers
Division Chief
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-9090
Fax:301 713-9106
Email: christopher.rogers@noaa.gov