[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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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