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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-BI09 Publication ID: Fall 2024 
Title: ●Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities; North Slope, Alaska 
Abstract:

Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) promulgated regulations in 2021 that authorized the incidental take by Level B harassment of small numbers of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) in the Southern Beaufort Sea and adjacent coast of Alaska during oil and gas industry activities for 5 years. This rulemaking action would amend those regulations to allow the incidental take of small numbers of polar bears by Level A and Level B harassment. No lethal take would be authorized under these regulations, and the regulations pertaining to Pacific walrus would remain unchanged.

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 18   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)(A)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/07/2024  89 FR 88216   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/09/2024 
Final Action  02/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Charles Hamilton
Special Assistant, Marine Mammals Management
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1011 East Tudor Road, MS-341,
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone:907 786-3800
Fax:907 786-3816
Email: charles_hamilton@fws.gov