# Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities
> **Bureau of Land Management** · Final rule. · Published 2016-08-05 · Effective 2016-08-05 · 81 FR 52276
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-18583
- **Category:** oil-gas-leasing
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Land Management
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 52276
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 18
- **Publication date:** 2016-08-05
- **Effective date:** 2016-08-05
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R7-ES-2016-0060
## Abstract

In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, and its implementing regulations, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, finalize incidental take regulations (ITR) that authorize the nonlethal, incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of Pacific walruses and polar bears during oil and gas industry activities in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent northern coast of Alaska. Industry operations include similar types of activities covered by the previous 5-year Beaufort Sea ITRs effective from August 3, 2011, through August 3, 2016. This rule is also effective for 5 years from the date of issuance.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/05/2016-18583/marine-mammals-incidental-take-during-specified-activities)
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