[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR216.206]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 216_REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE 
 
   Subpart R_Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction and 
  Operation of Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities in the U.S. Beaufort Sea
 
Sec. 216.206  Requirements for monitoring and reporting.

    (a) Holders of Letters of Authorization issued pursuant to 
Sec. Sec. 216.106 and 216.208 for activities described in Sec. 216.200 
are required to cooperate with the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
and any other Federal, state or local agency monitoring the impacts of 
the activity on marine mammals. Unless specified otherwise in the Letter 
of Authorization, the Holder of the Letter of Authorization must notify 
the Administrator, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, or 
his/her designee, by letter or telephone, at least 2 weeks prior to 
initiating new activities

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potentially involving the taking of marine mammals.
    (b) Holders of Letters of Authorization must designate qualified on-
site individuals, approved in advance by the National Marine Fisheries 
Service, to conduct the mitigation, monitoring and reporting activities 
specified in the Letter of Authorization issued pursuant to Sec. 
216.106 and Sec. 216.208.
    (c) Holders of Letters of Authorization must conduct all monitoring 
and/or research required under the Letter of Authorization.
    (d) Unless specified otherwise in the Letter of Authorization, the 
Holder of that Letter of Authorization must submit an annual report to 
the Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, no later than March 31 of the year following the conclusion of 
the previous open water monitoring season. This report must contain all 
information required by the Letter of Authorization.
    (e) A final annual comprehensive report must be submitted within the 
time period specified in the governing Letter of Authorization.
    (f) A final comprehensive report on all marine mammal monitoring and 
research conducted during the period of these regulations must be 
submitted to the Director, Office of Protected Resources, National 
Marine Fisheries Service at least 240 days prior to expiration of these 
regulations or 240 days after the expiration of these regulations if 
renewal of the regulations will not be requested.