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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BD80 Publication ID: Fall 2014 
Title: Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Target and Missile Launch Activities at San Nicolas Island, California 
Abstract: NMFS, upon application from the Navy, plans to propose regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to missile launches from San Nicolas Island. Letters of Authorization issued under the 5-year regulations would authorize the take of marine mammals incidental to to sound produced by the missile engines and their booster rockets. The NMFS proposed rule, if issued, would cover take of individuals of three marine mammal species by harassment. The regulations would set forth the permissible methods of taking, other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on the affected species or stocks and their habitats (i.e., mitigation), and the requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking. 
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 218   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice  11/26/2013  78 FR 70537   
NPRM  03/07/2014  79 FR 13022   
NPRM Comment Period End  04/21/2014 
Final Action  06/06/2014  79 FR 32678   
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:
Donna Wieting
Director, Office of Protected Resources
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 427-8400