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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BB29 Publication ID: Spring 2013 
Title: Amendment 5a to the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan 
Abstract: This rule would establish new and revise existing rebuilding plans to end overfishing for various species of Atlantic sharks, including scalloped hammerhead, sandbar, Gulf of Mexico blacktip, and Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico blacknose sharks. The comment period for Amendment 5 ended on February 12, 2013. After the comment period, NOAA Fisheries decided to split Amendment 5 into two separate actions. This rulemaking is the first of those two actions. The rulemaking is driven by the Magnuson-Stevens Act two-year statutory timeline for establishing a rebuilding plan for scalloped hammerhead sharks. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq    16 USC 971 et seq   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Must implement plan to rebuild stocks within 2 years of stock status determination.  04/23/2013 

Overall Description of Deadline: NMFS must implement a plan to rebuild overfished stocks within 2 years of stock status determination in accordance with 16 U.S.C.1854(e)(3)–(4) as implemented by 50 CFR 600.310(j)(2)(ii); scalloped hammerhead sharks were determined to be overfished on 4/28/2011.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/26/2012  77 FR 70551   
Final Action  07/00/2013 
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:
Emily Menashes
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-2234
Email: emily.menashes@noaa.gov