# Exemption to No-entry Zone Around Chirikof Island, AK
> **Rule** · Notification of authorized exemption to the 3-nautical mile (nm) no-entry zone around Chirikof Island, AK. · Published 2001-11-30 · 66 FR 59749
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-29767
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 59749
- **Publication date:** 2001-11-30
- **NOAA docket:** I.D. 111901A
## Abstract

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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/11/30/01-29767/exemption-to-no-entry-zone-around-chirikof-island-ak)
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