Federal Register - "Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures; Amendment 5a"

Title: Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures; Amendment 5a Source: Federal Register Data/Action: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (Final Rule) Date: 7/3/2013 Text Preview: ...5a to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP. The FEIS was filed with the Environmental Protection Agency on April 19, 2013. A notice of availability was published on April......suite and its effects are therefore expected to be neutral. Comment 56: The EPA says that while they appreciated NMFS' effort to evaluate the potential economic......EPA recommended that NMFS provide the reader with a better understanding of when the agency has received the same comment multiple times, thus helping the reader with further public comment. Response: We appreciate the EPA's comment and made a point to note in the FEIS that we received numerous public comments on the dusky shark measures in the DEIS. In part, these comments helped us make the decision to remove the dusky shark measures from this rulemaking and re-evaluate and analyze approaches to rebuild dusky sharks in an upcoming proposed action. Comment 60: The EPA...