# 2024-30702: Government Adds Underwater Mountains to Maybe-Protect-Later List

2024-30702, Notice of Cashes Ledge Site Added to the Inventory of Areas for Possible Designation as National Marine Sanctuaries, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective 2025-01-03 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30702
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-30702
- Title: Notice of Cashes Ledge Site Added to the Inventory of Areas for Possible Designation as National Marine Sanctuaries
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: 2025-01-03
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Government Adds Underwater Mountains to Maybe-Protect-Later List

## Summary

NOAA just added Cashes Ledge, a special ocean spot, to the list of places that might become National Marine Sanctuaries someday. This means local communities and ocean lovers should keep an eye on it, but no official sanctuary rules are happening right now. The update starts January 3, 2025, with no immediate costs or changes for anyone.

## Abstract

On June 13, 2014, NOAA published a final rule establishing the Sanctuary Nomination Process, allowing communities to submit nominations to NOAA for consideration as new national marine sanctuaries. The rule outlined the review process, national significance criteria, and management considerations that NOAA uses to evaluate nominations for inclusion in the inventory of areas that could eventually be considered for designation. The rule also states that NOAA will publish a Federal Register notice when areas have been added to the inventory of successful nominations. This notice announces that NOAA has added the Cashes Ledge area to the inventory; the agency is not moving forward with a designation at this time.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2024-30702 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-30702/notice-of-cashes-ledge-site-added-to-the-inventory-of-areas-for-possible-designation-as-national)
- [2024-30702 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-30702.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30702 (as of 2026-06-08).