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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BF99 Publication ID: Spring 2017 
Title: Postponing Regulations Regarding Discharge Requirements for U.S. Coast Guard Activities in Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries  
Abstract: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expanded the boundaries of Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (now renamed Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary) and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary to an area north and west of their previous boundaries with a final rule published on March 12, 2015. The Final Rule entered into effect on June 9, 2015. At that time, NOAA postponed the effectiveness of the discharge requirements in both sanctuaries' regulations with regard to U.S. Coast Guard activities for six months, which has since been extended. Upon request by U.S. Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering allowing the following U.S. Coast Guard discharges within part or all of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: untreated vessel sewage, vessel graywater that does not meet the definition of clean as defined by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and ammunition and pyrotechnics (flare) materials used in U.S. Coast Guard training exercises for use of force and search and rescue. A notice of proposed rulemaking will publish under a related RIN. 
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: 15 CFR 922   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice  04/21/2016  81 FR 23445   
Delay of Discharge Requirements  05/31/2016  81 FR 34268   
Delay of Discharge Requirements  12/06/2016  81 FR 87803   
Effective Date of Discharge Requirements  12/09/2016 
Effective Date of Discharge Requirements  06/09/2017 
Other  06/00/2017 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Related to 0648-BD18 
Agency Contact:
Helene Scalliet
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1305 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 713-7281
Email: helene.scalliet@noaa.gov