{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-217.322","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 217.322","heading":"Permissible methods of taking.","body":"Under a Letter of Authorization (LOA) issued pursuant to § 216.106 of this chapter and § 217.326 or § 217.327, LOA Holder, and those persons it authorizes or funds to conduct activities on its behalf, may incidentally, but not intentionally, take marine mammals within the area described in § 217.320(b) in the following ways, provided LOA Holder is in complete compliance with all terms, conditions, and requirements of the regulations in this subpart and the appropriate LOA:\n(a) By Level B harassment associated with the acoustic disturbance of marine mammals by impact and vibratory pile driving and drilling (foundation installation), UXO/MEC detonations, and HRG site characterization surveys;\n(b) By Level A harassment associated with the acoustic disturbance of marine mammals by impact pile driving of WTG and ESP foundations and UXO/MEC detonations;\n(c) Take by mortality or serious injury of any marine mammal species is not authorized; and\n(d) The incidental take of marine mammals by the activities listed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section is limited to the following species:\nTable 1 to Paragraph (d)\nMarine mammal species Scientific name Stock\nAtlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis Western North Atlantic.\nAtlantic white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus Western North Atlantic.\nBlainsville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris Western North Atlantic.\nBlue whale Balaenoptera musculus Western North Atlantic.\nBottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus Western North Atlantic, offshore.\nClymene dolphin Stenella clymene Western North Atlantic.\nCuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris Western North Atlantic.\nDwarf sperm whale Kogia sima Western North Atlantic.\nFalse killer whale Pseudorca crassidens Western North Atlantic.\nFin whale Balaenoptera physalus Western North Atlantic.\nFraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei Western North Atlantic.\nGervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus Western North Atlantic.\nGray seal Halichoerus grypus Western North Atlantic.\nHarbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy.\nHarbor seal Phoca vitulina Western North Atlantic.\nHarp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus Western North Atlantic.\nHooded seal Cystophora cristata Western North Atlantic.\nHumpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Gulf of Maine\nKiller whale Orcinus orca Western North Atlantic.\nLong-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas Western North Atlantic.\nMelon-headed whale Peponocephala electra Western North Atlantic.\nMinke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Canadian Eastern Coastal.\nNorth Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis Western North Atlantic.\nNorthern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus Western North Atlantic.\nPantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata Western North Atlantic.\nPygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Western North Atlantic.\nPygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps Western North Atlantic.\nRisso's dolphin Grampus griseus Western North Atlantic.\nRough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis Western North Atlantic.\nSei whale Balaenoptera borealis Nova Scotia.\nShort-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis Western North Atlantic.\nShort-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Western North Atlantic.\nSowerby's beaked whale Mesoplodon bidens Western North Atlantic.\nSperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Western North Atlantic.\nSpinner dolphin Stenella longirostris Western North Atlantic.\nStriped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba Western North Atlantic.\nTrue's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus Western North Atlantic.\nWhite-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris Western North Atlantic.","path":["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 GG—Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the New England Wind Project Offshore of Massachusetts"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"e3840f6d07530181ac7fc0e12255ac230e86bdece923a1d683f08b81018c776a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-217.321","next":"us/50-cfr-217.323"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}