[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: 50CFR216.230]

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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 U_Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocket Launches from 
              the Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, AK
 
Sec. 216.230  Specified activity and specified geographical region.

    Source: 71 FR 4308, Jan. 26, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

    Effective Date Note: At 71 FR 4308, Jan. 26, 2006, subpart U, 
consisting of Sec. Sec. 216.230 through 216.237 were added, effective 
Feb. 27, 2006 through Feb. 28, 2011.


    (a) Regulations in this subpart apply only to the incidental taking 
of marine mammals specified in paragraph (b) of this section by U.S. 
citizens engaged in rocket launch activities (up to nine launches per 
year) at the Kodiak

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Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
    (b) The incidental take of marine mammals under the activity 
identified in paragraph (a) of this section is limited to Steller sea 
lions (Eumetopius jubatus) and Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina 
richardsi).