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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BH29 Publication ID: Spring 2018 
Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Study Area 
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service, upon application from the U.S. Navy (Navy), proposes regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to military readiness training and testing activities to be conducted in the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Study Area. The proposed regulations would set forth the permissible methods of taking, other means of affecting the least practicable adverse impact on the affected species or stocks and their habitats, and the requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking over the course of five years commencing in December 2018. Letters of Authorization issued under the regulations would authorize the take of marine mammals incidental to the Navy's training and testing activities to be conducted within the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Study Area. The Study Area extends from the north-central Pacific Ocean, from the mean high tide line in Southern California west to Hawaii and the International Date Line. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 218   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/00/2018 
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 
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