50 CFR § 217.170 - Specified activity and geographical region.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s217.170"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 217.170 - Specified activity and geographical region."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "217.170"
section_name: "Specified activity and geographical region."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "217"
part_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKE OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1361  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 35143, July 20, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "217"
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# 217.170 Specified activity and geographical region.

(a) Regulations in this subpart apply only to the U.S. Navy (Navy) and those persons it authorizes or funds to conduct activities on its behalf for the taking of marine mammals that occurs in the areas outlined in paragraph (b) of this section and that occurs incidental to construction activities including for bulkhead replacement and repairs at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport, Rhode Island.

(b) The taking of marine mammals by the Navy may be authorized in a Letter of Authorization (LOA) only if it occurs at NAVSTA Newport, Rhode Island.