[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR922.40]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 922_NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart E_Regulations of General Applicability
 
Sec. 922.40  Purpose.


    The purpose of the regulations in this Subpart and in Subparts F 
through R is to implement the designations of the thirteen National 
Marine Sanctuaries for which site specific regulations appear in 
Subparts F through R, respectively, by regulating activities affecting 
them, consistent with their respective terms of designation in order to 
protect, preserve and manage and thereby ensure the health, integrity 
and continued availability of the conservation, ecological, 
recreational, research, educational, historical and aesthetic resources 
and qualities of these areas. Additional purposes of the regulations 
implementing the designation of the Florida Keys and Hawaiian Islands 
Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuaries are found at Sec. Sec. 
922.160, and 922.180, respectively.

[65 FR 39055, June 22, 2000]

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