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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AY32 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Comprehensive Ecosystem Based Amendment 1 
Abstract: This Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1 (CE-BA 1) consists of regulatory actions that focus on deepwater coral ecosystem conservation and non-regulatory actions that update existing essential fish habitat (EFH) information. Management actions proposed in the CE-BA 1 include the establishment of deepwater Coral HAPCs (CHAPCs) to protect what is currently thought to be the largest contiguous distribution (>23,000 square miles) of pristine deepwater coral ecosystems in the world. Actions in the amendment would prohibit the use of bottom damaging fishing gear and allow for the creation of allowable fishing zones within the CHAPCs in the historical fishing grounds of the golden crab and deepwater shrimp fisheries. The CE-BA 1 would also provide spatial information on designated EFH in the SAFMC Habitat Plan (SAFMC 1998a). 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Availability  03/04/2010  75 FR 9864   
NPRM  03/26/2010  75 FR 14548   
Notice of Availability Comment Period End  05/03/2010    
NPRM Comment Period End  05/10/2010    
Final Action  06/22/2010  75 FR 35330   
Final Rule Correction Notice  07/12/2010  75 FR 39638   
Final Rule Correction Notice Effective  07/22/2010    
Final Action Effective  07/22/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Roy E. Crabtree
Regional Administrator, Southeast Region
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
263 13th Avenue South,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone:727 824-5305
Fax:727 824-5308
Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov