# Migratory Bird Hunting; Temporary Conditional Approval of Tungsten-Matrix Shot as Nontoxic for the 1998-99 Season
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 1998-12-08 · Effective 1998-12-08 · 63 FR 67619
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-32470
- **Category:** migratory-bird
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 67619
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 20
- **Publication date:** 1998-12-08
- **Effective date:** 1998-12-08
## Abstract

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) amends Section 20.21(j) to grant temporary conditional approval of tungsten-matrix shot as nontoxic for the 1998-99 migratory bird hunting season only, except in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta, Alaska, while chronic toxicity/reproductive testing is being completed. Tungsten-matrix shot has been submitted for consideration as nontoxic by Kent Cartridge Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (Kent), of Kearneysville, West Virginia.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/12/08/98-32470/migratory-bird-hunting-temporary-conditional-approval-of-tungsten-matrix-shot-as-nontoxic-for-the)
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