# Modification of Deadlines Under the Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
> **Rule** · Interim final rule; request for comments. · Published 2020-11-03 · Effective 2020-11-03 · 85 FR 69515
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-24210
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 69515
- **Publication date:** 2020-11-03
- **Effective date:** 2020-11-03
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 201023-0279
## Abstract

NMFS issues this interim final rule to revise the regulations implementing the import provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This interim final rule extends, by one year, the five-year exemption period to end December 31, 2022, and changes the deadline for comparability finding applications from March 1 of the year of expiration of a comparability finding to November 30 of the year prior to the expiration of a comparability finding, moving the comparability finding application deadline to November 30, 2021.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/11/03/2020-24210/modification-of-deadlines-under-the-fish-and-fish-product-import-provisions-of-the-marine-mammal)
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