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50 CFR 18.120: Specified geographic region where this subpart applies.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries
- CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- SUBCHAPTER B—TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS
- PART 18—MARINE MAMMALS
- Subpart J—Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Oil and Gas Exploration, Development, and Production Activities in the Beaufort Sea and Adjacent Northern Coast of Alaska
This subpart applies to the specified geographic region that encompasses all Beaufort Sea waters east of a north-south line through Point Barrow, Alaska (latitude 71.39139° N, longitude 156.475° W; Board on Geographic Names (BGN) 1944), and 80.5 kilometer (km) (50 miles (mi)) north of Point Barrow, including Alaska State waters and Outer Continental Shelf waters, and east of that line to the Canadian border.
(a) The offshore boundary of the Beaufort Sea incidental take regulations (ITR) region extends 80.5 km (50 mi) offshore. The onshore region is the same north/south line at Utqiagvik, 40.2 km (25 mi) inland and east to the Canning River.
(b) Lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are not included in the Beaufort Sea ITR region. Figure 1 shows the area where this subpart applies.
Figure 1 to § 18.120—Map of the Beaufort Sea ITR Region
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