50 C.F.R. § 216.177 Renewal of a letter of authorization.
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
(a) A Letter of Authorization issued under §216.106 and §216.176 for the activity identified in §216.170(a) will be renewed annually upon: (1) Notification to the National Marine Fisheries Service that the activity described in the application for a Letter of Authorization submitted under §216.176 will be undertaken and that there will not be a substantial modification to the described work, mitigation, or monitoring undertaken during the upcoming season; (2) Timely receipt of the monitoring reports required under §216.175, which have been reviewed by the National Marine Fisheries Service and determined to be acceptable; (3) A determination by the National Marine Fisheries Service that the mitigation, monitoring, and reporting measures required under §§216.174 and 216.175 and the Letter of Authorization were undertaken and will be undertaken during the upcoming period of validity of a renewed Letter of Authorization; and (4) Renewal of a Letter of Authorization will be based on a determination that the number of marine mammals taken by the activity continues to be small and that the number of marine mammals taken by the activity, specified in §216.170(b), will have no more than a negligible impact on the species or stock of affected marine mammal(s). (b) A notice of issuance or denial of a renewal of a Letter of Authorization will be published in the
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 216—REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS
Subpart P—Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental To Operating a Low Frequency Acoustic Source by the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory
§ 216.177 Renewal of a letter of authorization.
