GroundRules
50 CFR 217.163: Prohibitions.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries
- CHAPTER II—NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
- SUBCHAPTER C—MARINE MAMMALS
- PART 217—REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKE OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES
- Subpart Q—Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Hilcorp Alaska, LLC Oil and Gas Activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Except for the takings permitted in § 217.162 and authorized by an LOA issued under §§ 216.106 of this chapter and 217.166, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following in connection with the specified activities:
(a) Violate or fail to comply with the terms, conditions, and requirements of this subpart or an LOA issued under this subpart or an LOA issued under §§ 216.106 of this chapter and 217.166;
(b) Take any marine mammal not specified in such LOA;
(c) Take any marine mammal specified in such LOA in any manner other than specified;
(d) Take a marine mammal should NMFS withdraw or suspend such LOA; or
(e) Take a marine mammal specified in such LOA after NMFS determines such taking results in an unmitigable adverse impact on the species or stock of such marine mammal for taking for subsistence uses.
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