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1 (B), the Secretary shall publish a final conservation 



2 plan and implementing regulations. 



3 "(E) The Secretary and the conservation team 



4 shall continue to meet every six months to monitor 



5 the progress of the conservation plan. 



6 "(F) The Secretary may make adjustments to 



7 the conservation plan and implementing regulations 



8 as necessary, which shall be published for public re- 



9 view and comment. 



10 "(6) In the case of those regions in which a marine 



11 mammal stock has been identified as critical, and for 



12 which the total lethal takes are estimated to be less than 



13 the potential biological removal level established in the 



14 stock assessment, the following provisions shall apply: 



15 "(A) No later than 11 months after the estab- 



16 lishment of a conservation team, the team shall sub- 



17 mit a draft conservation plan for the critical stock 



18 to the Secretary. 



19 "(B) the Secretary shall take the draft con- 



20 servation plan into consideration and, not later than 



21 60 days following the submission of the draft con- 



22 servation plan by the conservation team, the Sec- 



23 retary shall publish a draft conservation plan and 



24 implementing regulations for public review and com- 



25 ment. 



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