[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] [Page 83-84] 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 [[Page 84]] 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).