Modification of Deadlines Under the Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
other · Published 2020-11-03 · Effective 2020-11-03 · 85 FR 69515
Document
Document number
2020-24210
Federal Register citation
85 FR 69515
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule; request for comments.
Category
other
Publication date
2020-11-03
Effective date
2020-11-03
NOAA docket
Docket No. 201023-0279
Abstract
NMFS issues this interim final rule to revise the regulations implementing the import provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This interim final rule extends, by one year, the five-year exemption period to end December 31, 2022, and changes the deadline for comparability finding applications from March 1 of the year of expiration of a comparability finding to November 30 of the year prior to the expiration of a comparability finding, moving the comparability finding application deadline to November 30, 2021.