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NMFS Extends Comment Period For Scientific Research Permit Regs
On October 15, 2007, the National Marine Fisheries Service extended the public comment period for NMFS' Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding revisions to NMFS' permit regulations for scientific research on marine mammals. The new comment period deadline is December 13, 2007.

Click here to read NMFS' extension Federal Register notice