ACTION: Proposed rule.
(Service) proposes regulations that would authorize the nonlethal, incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walruses during year-round oil and gas industry (Industry) exploration, development, and production operations in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent northern coast...
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Language: | English |
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2011
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.194.108 http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/walrus/pdf/76_fr_13454.pdf |
Summary: | (Service) proposes regulations that would authorize the nonlethal, incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walruses during year-round oil and gas industry (Industry) exploration, development, and production operations in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent northern coast of Alaska. Industry operations for the covered period are similar to, and include all activities covered by the previous 5-year Beaufort Sea incidental take regulations that were effective from August 2, 2006, through August 2, 2011. We propose a |
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