0648-BI44 201810 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Air Force Launching of Space Launch Vehicles, ICBM and Small Missiles, Aircraft and Helicopter Operations at Vandenberg AFB, California

NMFS is proposing regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to U.S. Air Force launching of space launch vehicles, intercontinental ballistic and small missiles, and aircraft and helicopter operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.  The proposed regulations will set forth the permissible methods of taking; means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on the affected species or stocks and their habitats and, if applicable, on their availability for taking for subsistence uses (i.e., mitigation); and requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.  Letters of Authorization issued under the regulations would authorize the take of marine mammals incidental to the specified activities for a 5-year period.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 50 CFR 218 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. No NPRM 10/00/2018 No No None No No No No Donna Wieting Director, Office of Protected Resources 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 301 427-8400 National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring MD 20910