[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: 15CFR922.44]

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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. 922.44  Emergency regulations.

    Where necessary to prevent or minimize the destruction of, loss of, 
or injury to a Sanctuary resource or quality, or minimize the imminent 
risk of such destruction, loss, or injury, any and all such activities 
are subject to immediate temporary regulation, including prohibition. 
The provisions of this section do not apply to the Cordell Bank, Florida 
Keys, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale, and Thunder Bay National Marine 
Sanctuaries. See Sec. Sec. 922.111(c), 922.165, and 922.186, 922.196, 
respectively, for the authority to issue emergency regulations with 
respect to those sanctuaries.

[65 FR 39055, June 22, 2000]