{"abstract":"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issues final regulations to implement the designation of the Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary (MPNMS or sanctuary). The area is 18 square miles of waters and submerged lands encompassing and surrounding the Mallows Bay area of the tidal Potomac River. The area is located entirely within Maryland state waters, adjacent to the Nanjemoy Peninsula of Charles County, Maryland. The sanctuary protects nationally-significant maritime cultural heritage resources, including the fragile, historic remains of more than 100 World War I (WWI)-era U.S. Emergency Fleet Corporation (USEFC) wooden steamships known as the \"Ghost Fleet,\" vessels related to the historic ship-breaking operations, other non-USEFC vessels of historic significance, and related maritime debris fields. The area also includes Native American sites, remains of historic fisheries operations, and Revolutionary and Civil War battlescapes. The significance of the area is recognized through its listing on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register Listing Number 15000173, April 24, 2015). NOAA, the State of Maryland, and Charles County, Maryland, will jointly manage MPNMS.","action":"Final 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/2019/07/08/2019-14368.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":922,"title":15}],"citation":"84 FR 32586","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective Date: Pursuant to section 304(b) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) (16 U.S.C. 1434(b)), the designation and regulations shall take effect and become final after the close of a review period of forty-five days of continuous session of Congress, beginning on the date on which this document is published, unless the Governor of the State of Maryland certifies to the Secretary of Commerce during that same review period that the designation or any of its terms is unacceptable, in which case the designation or any unacceptable term shall not take effect. The public can track the days of Congressional session at the following website: https:// www.congress.gov/days-in-session. After the close of the forty-five days of continuous session of Congress, NOAA will publish a document announcing the effective date of the final regulations in the Federal Register.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 160907827-7832-02"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2019-14368","effective_on":null,"end_page":32606,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2019/07/08/2019-14368.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/08/2019-14368/mallows-bay-potomac-river-national-marine-sanctuary-designation","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2019-14368?publication_date=2019-07-08","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2019-07-08/2019-14368/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":21,"page_views":{"count":1236,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-07-08/pdf/2019-14368.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2019-14368.pdf?1562330717","publication_date":"2019-07-08","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2019/07/08/2019-14368.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-BG02":{"issue":"201904","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-BG02/mallows-bay-potomac-river-national-marine-sanctuary-designation","title":"Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary Designation","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201904&RIN=0648-BG02&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-BG02"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan for the Proposed Mallows Bay – Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary","document_id":"NOAA-NOS-2016-0149-0002"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-BG02/mallows-bay-potomac-river-national-marine-sanctuary-designation","title":"Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary Designation"},"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=NOAA-NOS-2016-0149","supporting_documents_count":1,"docket_id":"NOAA-NOS-2016-0149","regulation_id_number":"0648-BG02","title":"Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Management Plan for the Proposed Mallows Bay – Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2020-02-16T04:30:13Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":32586,"subtype":null,"title":"Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary Designation","toc_doc":"Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary Designation","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Coastal zone","Historic preservation","Intergovernmental relations","Marine resources","Natural resources","Penalties","Recreation and recreation areas","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Wildlife"],"type":"Rule","volume":84}