United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2007_register executive 2010-09-22 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c80af80d D09002ee1c80af8f0 United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency On August 11, 2006 NOAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a network of marine zones within the state and federal waters of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS or Sanctuary). State waters in the Sanctuary extend from the shoreline of the islands to approximately 3 nautical miles from shore. Federal waters of the Sanctuary extend from the offshore extent of state waters to the Sanctuary's outer boundary. In this final rule, NOAA is issuing final regulations for the federal-waters portion of the Sanctuary. NOAA has decided to defer a final decision and seeking additional comment on the state-waters portion of the Sanctuary pending action by the State of California to extend the boundaries of several existing state-waters zones to the three mile state-federal-waters boundary. Marine zones are discrete areas that have special regulations differing from the regulations that apply throughout or above the Sanctuary as a whole. The purpose of these zones within the federal waters of the Sanctuary is to further the protection of Sanctuary biodiversity and complement an existing network established by the State of California in October 2002, and implemented in April 2003, under its authorities. Two types of zones are being established by this action: Marine reserves and marine conservation areas. All extractive activities (e.g., removal of any Sanctuary resource) and injury to Sanctuary resources are prohibited in all marine reserves. Commercial and recreational lobster fishing and recreational fishing for pelagic species are allowed within the marine conservation area, while all other extraction and injury are prohibited. This action establishes approximately 110.5 square nautical miles of marine reserves and 1.7 square nautical miles of marine conservation area in the federal waters of the Sanctuary. As part of this action, NOAA is also modifying the terms of designation for the Sanctuary, which were originally published on October 2, 1980 (45 FR 65198), to allow for the regulation of extractive activities, including fishing, in marine reserves and marine conservation areas, and a slight modification to the outer boundary of the CINMS. 72 FR 29208 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-05-24/E7-10096 E7-10096 fr24my07-8 RIN 0648-AT18 3510-NK-P Docket No. 0612242956-7123-01 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-05-24/E7-10096 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-05-24/html/E7-10096.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-05-24/pdf/E7-10096.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Coastal Zone Education Environmental Protection Marine Resources Natural Resources Penalties Recreation and Recreation Areas Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Research American Samoa Fisheries Fishing Guam Hawaiian Natives Indians Northern Mariana Islands 28 p. 29208 29235 72 FR 29208 Title 15 Part 922 15 CFR Part 922 Title 50 Part 660 50 CFR Part 660 RIN 0648-AT18 Establishment of Marine Reserves and a Marine Conservation Area Within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary; Federal Register Vol. 72, Issue RULE E7-10096 II DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Docket No. 0612242956-7123-01 3510-NK-P E7-10096 Final rule.

On August 11, 2006 NOAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a network of marine zones within the state and federal waters of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS or Sanctuary). State waters in the Sanctuary extend from the shoreline of the islands to approximately 3 nautical miles from shore. Federal waters of the Sanctuary extend from the offshore extent of state waters to the Sanctuary's outer boundary. In this final rule, NOAA is issuing final regulations for the federal-waters portion of the Sanctuary. NOAA has decided to defer a final decision and seeking additional comment on the state-waters portion of the Sanctuary pending action by the State of California to extend the boundaries of several existing state-waters zones to the three mile state-federal-waters boundary. Marine zones are discrete areas that have special regulations differing from the regulations that apply throughout or above the Sanctuary as a whole. The purpose of these zones within the federal waters of the Sanctuary is to further the protection of Sanctuary biodiversity and complement an existing network established by the State of California in October 2002, and implemented in April 2003, under its authorities. Two types of zones are being established by this action: Marine reserves and marine conservation areas. All extractive activities (e.g., removal of any Sanctuary resource) and injury to Sanctuary resources are prohibited in all marine reserves. Commercial and recreational lobster fishing and recreational fishing for pelagic species are allowed within the marine conservation area, while all other extraction and injury are prohibited. This action establishes approximately 110.5 square nautical miles of marine reserves and 1.7 square nautical miles of marine conservation area in the federal waters of the Sanctuary. As part of this action, NOAA is also modifying the terms of designation for the Sanctuary, which were originally published on October 2, 1980 (45 FR 65198), to allow for the regulation of extractive activities, including fishing, in marine reserves and marine conservation areas, and a slight modification to the outer boundary of the CINMS.

Pursuant to section 304(b) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA), 16 U.S.C. 1434(b), the revised terms of designation and this final rule shall take effect and become final after the close of a review period of 45 days of continuous session of Congress, beginning on the day on which this document is published in the Federal Register. Announcement of the effective date of this final rule will be published in the Federal Register at a later date. Sean Hastings, (805) 884-1472; e-mail: Sean.Hastings@noaa.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Coastal Zone Education Environmental Protection Marine Resources Natural Resources Penalties Recreation and Recreation Areas Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Research American Samoa Fisheries Fishing Guam Hawaiian Natives Indians Northern Mariana Islands Ocean and coastal resource management: Marine sanctuaries Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, CA, CINMSReserves.FEIS@noaa.gov David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov Sean.Hastings@noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ http://channelislands.noaa.gov/marineres/main.html http://pcouncil.org/ http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/manplan/overview.html http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/marineres/main.html http://www.coastal.ca.gov/meetings/mtg-mm7-3.html http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/ http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/channel_islands/ http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/channel_islands/monitoring.html http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 72, no. 100 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2007-05-24 continuing daily deposited born digital 191 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-05-24 P0b002ee18095e56c 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr24my07 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2007-05-24 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-05-24/pdf/FR-2007-05-24.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-05-24/xml/FR-2007-05-24.xml fdlp 29055 29235 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-05 FR-2007-05-24 machine generated eng FR FR-2007-05-24 72 100