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CFR > Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade > CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (parts 902 to 996) > SUBCHAPTER B—OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (parts 921 to 932) > PART 922—NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS > SUBPART E—Regulations of General Applicability (§922.40 to §922.50) > 922.40—Purpose.

CFR

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 §§ 922.160, and 922.180, respectively.

Code of Federal Regulations

[65 FR 39055, June 22, 2000]
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