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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BI44 Publication ID: Spring 2019 
Title: 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 
Abstract: 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. 
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 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 218   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/24/2019  84 FR 321   
Correction  02/11/2019  84 FR 3136   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/22/2019 
Final Action  04/10/2019  84 FR 14314   
Final Action Effective  04/10/2019 
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