Impacts of Northern Right Whale Critical Habitat Designation in the North Pacific Ocean

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  The proposed action being addressed in this Regulatory Impact Review (RIR) and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis (RFAA) is the designation of critical habitat in waters of the North Pacific Ocean for the northern right whale under authority of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The purpose of this RIR/RFAA is to evaluate, to the extent practicable, the economic, socioeconomic, and other costs and benefits attributable to the alternatives identifying and describing critical habitat for the northern right whale in the North Pacific Ocean. These analyses meet the regulatory requirements of, and are the bases for, the 4(b)(2) Exclusion Analysis and Evaluation.
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  North Pacific Ocean
• Corporate as Subject:
  Regulatory Flexibility Act (United States) ; United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973 ; Regulatory Flexibility Act (United States) ; United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19229/noaa_19229_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 280.05 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a3e295b3c0ad080793ee1b69e6de2c585de37d9de32e0592f974a634503a3ad6