GroundRules
50 CFR 217.233: 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 X—Taking and Importing Marine Mammals Incidental to Navy Construction of the Q8 Bulkhead Repair and Replacement Project at Naval Station Norfolk at Norfolk, Virginia
(a) Except for the takings contemplated in § 217.232 and authorized by a LOA issued under §§ 216.106 of this chapter and 217.236, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following in connection with the activities described in § 217.230:
(1) Violate, or fail to comply with, the terms, conditions, and requirements of this subpart or a LOA issued under §§ 216.106 of this chapter and 217.236;
(2) Take any marine mammal not specified in such LOA;
(3) Take any marine mammal specified in such LOA in any manner other than as specified;
(4) Take a marine mammal specified in such LOA after NMFS determines such taking results in more than a negligible impact on the species or stocks of such marine mammal; or
(5) Take a marine mammal specified in such LOA after NMFS determined such taking results in an unmitigable adverse impact on the species or stock of such marine mammal for taking for subsistence uses.
(b) [Reserved]
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