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1 ing. Any emergency regulations prescribed under this 



2 paragraph shall — 



3 "(A) to the maximum extent practicable, avoid 



4 interfering with existing State, interstate, or regional 



5 management plans; 



6 "(B) be published in the Federal Register; and 



7 "(C) remain in effect until the Secretary deter- 



8 mines that the reasons for the emergency regula- 



9 tions no longer exist, or the end of the year for 



10 which the annual potential biological removal was 



1 1 calculated, whichever is earlier. 



12 "(4) Until such time as the Secretary issues a general 



13 authorization under this section for the incidental taking 



14 of marine mammals during the course of commercial fish- 



15 ing operations, the provisions of section 114 shall apply. 



16 "(e) Conservation Teams. — (1) The Secretary 



17 shall establish a conservation team for each of the follow- 



18 ing regions and the adjacent economic zone in which inci- 



19 dental lethal takes of marine mammals occur: 



20 "(A) New England. — The New England re- 



21 gion, consisting of the States of Maine, New Hamp- 



22 shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecti- 



23 cut. 



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