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These regulations, which allow for the issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the described activities and timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species and their habitat, and establish requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.","action":"Final rule; notification of issuance of Letters of Authorization.","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/2023/04/18/2023-07939.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"218","title":50}],"citation":"88 FR 24058","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective dates: Amendatory instruction 1 is effective April 13, 2023, and amendatory instruction 2 is effective from April 13, 2023, through April 13, 2030.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 230410-0096"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"NOAA","documents":[{"comment_count":0,"comment_start_date":"2023-04-18","updated_at":"2023-08-31T10:56:42.136-04:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/NOAA-NMFS-2023-0011-0002","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"NOAA-NMFS-2023-0011-0002","comment_end_date":null,"regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"NOAA-NMFS-2023-0011","title":"Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; 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