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 Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024)
 Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
 Chapter II - National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
 SubChapter C - Marine Mammals
 Part 216 - Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
 Subpart V - Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training (AFAST)

  § 216.247 - Letters of Authorization.  

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  • (a) A Letter of Authorization, unless suspended or revoked, will be valid for a period of time not to exceed the period of validity of this subpart, but may be renewed or modified sooner subject to the renewal conditions in §216.248 and the modification conditions in §216.249.

    (b) Each Letter of Authorization will set forth:

    (1) Permissible methods of incidental taking;

    (2) Means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on the species, its habitat, and on the availability of the species for subsistence uses (i.e., mitigation); and

    (3) Requirements for mitigation, monitoring and reporting.

    (c) Issuance and renewal of the Letter of Authorization will be based on a determination that the total number of marine mammals taken by the activity as a whole will have no more than a negligible impact on the affected species or stock of marine mammal(s).

    [74 FR 4876, Jan. 27, 2009, as amended at 77 FR 4922, Feb. 1, 2012]