{"abstract":"On February 14, 2005, NMFS received a request from the Makah Indian Tribe for a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) moratorium on take of Eastern North Pacific (ENP) gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus). The Tribe requested that NMFS authorize a tribal hunt in the coastal portion of the Tribe's usual and accustomed fishing area (U&A) for ceremonial and subsistence purposes, and authorize the making and sale of handicrafts. The MMPA imposes a general moratorium on the taking of marine mammals but authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to waive the moratorium and issue regulations governing the take of marine mammals if certain statutory criteria are met. The decision to waive the moratorium and issue regulations must be made on the record after an opportunity for an agency hearing on both the waiver and regulations. The hearing is governed by agency regulations, which call for the appointment of a presiding officer and prescribe other procedures. This notice announces the proposed waiver and regulations. A related notice announcing a hearing on the proposed waiver and regulations is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.","action":"Proposed rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2019/04/05/2019-06337.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":216,"title":50}],"citation":"84 FR 13604","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"NMFS has scheduled a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge at 9:30 a.m. PDT on August 12, 2019, to consider the issuance of a waiver of the take moratorium and the regulations (see ADDRESSES). Parties interested in participating in the hearing process should consult the related notice of hearing published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 190212104-9261-01"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2019-06337","effective_on":null,"end_page":13624,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2019/04/05/2019-06337.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/04/05/2019-06337/regulations-governing-the-taking-of-marine-mammals","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2019-06337?publication_date=2019-04-05","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2019-04-05/2019-06337/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":21,"page_views":{"count":2389,"last_updated":"2026-10-22 16:15:06 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-04-05/pdf/2019-06337.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-06337.pdf?1554381916","publication_date":"2019-04-05","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2019/04/05/2019-06337.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-BI58":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-BI58"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"121 ALJ - Recommended Decision 19NMFS0001","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0292"},{"title":"121D ALJ - Certificate of Service","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0289"},{"title":"10 Sea Shepherd - Request to Participate in Hearing","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0285"},{"title":"33B Sea Shepherd - Comments","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0284"},{"title":"44A Declaration of Donald John Schubert","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0280"},{"title":"32G AWI - Exhibit 7 Sample articles about gray whale mortalities in 2019","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0279"},{"title":"34A PCPW -Comments","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0277"},{"title":"18 NMFS - Combined Response to the Animal Welfare Institute_s and Sea Shepherd_s Expedited Motions to Extend Waiver Proceeding Schedule","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0275"},{"title":"34D PCPW - Resident Gray Whales of Washington State","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0271"},{"title":"42 Makah Tribe - Supplemental Submission re Request to Postpone Hearing","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037-0266"}],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037","supporting_documents_count":79,"docket_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2019-0037","regulation_id_number":"0648-BI58","title":"Taking of Marine Mammals - Proposed MMPA Waiver & Regulations","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2020-01-26T16:00:11Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":13604,"subtype":null,"title":"Regulations Governing the Taking of Marine Mammals","toc_doc":"Taking of Marine Mammals","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Exports","Fish","Imports","Indians","Labeling","Marine mammals"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":84}