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DOC/NOAA | RIN: 0648-BI85 | Publication ID: Spring 2019 |
Title: ●Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Study Area | |
Abstract:
The proposed regulations would replace the existing Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Study Area marine mammal incidental take regulations and associated Letters of Authorization (LOAs) such that they would cover incidental take caused by seven years of training and testing activities instead of five, extending the expiration date from November 13, 2023 to November 13, 2025. The proposed regulations will set forth the permissible methods of taking; other "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. LOAs issued under the regulations would authorize the take of marine mammals incidental to the Navy's specified training and testing activities to be conducted within the AFTT Study Area (including areas of the western Atlantic Ocean along the east coast of North America, portions of the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico) over the course of seven years. |
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Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: First time 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:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | 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 |