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RIN: 1018-BG86

Publication ID: Fall 2022

Title: ●Regulations Implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act; General Authorization for Scientific Research and Transfer of Marine Mammal Parts
Abstract: FWS will propose to amend the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to authorize, under a general authorization for scientific research, the taking of marine mammals by harassment for the purpose of scientific research that does not have the potential to injure marine mammals (Level B harassment). FWS will also propose to revise the regulations for the transfer of marine mammal parts for the purpose of scientific research.
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 18
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/00/2023

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Dr. Mary Cogliano Chief, Branch of Permits Department of the Interior United States Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - International Affairs, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041 Phone:703 358-1991 Email: mary_cogliano@fws.gov