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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries |
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Chapter II - National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce |
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SubChapter C - Marine Mammals |
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Part 216 - Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals |
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Subpart V - Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training (AFAST) |
§ 216.241 - Effective dates and definitions.
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(a) Amended regulations are effective from February 1, 2012, through January 22, 2014.
(i) Two or more individuals of any cetacean species (not including mother/calf pairs), unless of species of concern listed in §216.241(b)(1)(ii) found dead or live on shore within a 2-day period and occurring within 30 miles of one another.
(ii) A single individual or mother/calf pair of any of the following marine mammals of concern: beaked whale of any species, dwarf or pygmy sperm whales, melon-headed whales, pilot whales, right whales, humpback whales, sperm whales, blue whales, fin whales, or sei whales.
(iii) A group of 2 or more cetaceans of any species exhibiting indicators of distress as defined in §216.241(b)(3).
(2) Shutdown—The cessation of MFAS/HFAS operation or detonation of explosives within 14 nm nm (Atlantic Ocean) or 17 nm (Gulf of Mexico) of any live, in the water, animal involved in a USE.
[74 FR 4876, Jan. 27, 2009, as amended at 76 FR 6701, Feb. 8, 2011; 77 FR 4922, Feb. 1, 2012]