Exemption to No-entry Zone Around Chirikof Island, AK

Pursuant to regulations under the Endangered Species Act, the Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, is authorizing an exemption to the 3-nm, no-entry zone around Chirikof Island for the sole purpose of livestock removal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Regulations allow an exemption to the no-entry zone, provided that the activity is authorized by the Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, that the activity will not have a significant adverse effect on Steller sea lions, and that no readily available and acceptable alternative site exists for the activity.