50 CFR § 217.60 - Specified activity and specified geographical region.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s217.60"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 217.60 - Specified activity and specified geographical region."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "217.60"
section_name: "Specified activity and specified 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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# 217.60 Specified activity and specified geographical region.

(a) Regulations in this subpart apply only to the United States Space Force (USSF) and those persons it authorizes to conduct activities on its behalf, for the taking of marine mammals that occurs in the areas outlined in paragraph (b) of this section incidental to rocket and missile launches and supporting operations.

(b) The incidental taking of marine mammals under this subpart may be authorized in a Letter of Authorization (LOA) only for activities originating at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB).