Takes of Marine Mammals - Incidental to Space Vehicle and Missile Launch Operations (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition‪)‬

The Law Library presents the complete text of the Takes of Marine Mammals - Incidental to Space Vehicle and Missile Launch Operations (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition).
Updated as of May 29, 2018

NMFS, upon request from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC), hereby issues regulations to govern the incidental taking of marine mammals incidental to space vehicle and missile launch operations at the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska (PSCA) on Kodiak Island, Alaska, over the course of five years (2017-2022). These regulations, which allow for the issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the described activities and specified timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, and establish requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.

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- The complete text of the Takes of Marine Mammals - Incidental to Space Vehicle and Missile Launch Operations (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition)
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