United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2003_register executive 2010-09-23 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c816cf2e D09002ee1c816cfc1 United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Fish and Wildlife Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have developed regulations that would authorize the incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walrus 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 3-year Beaufort Sea incidental take regulations that were effective from March 30, 2000, through March 31, 2003 (65 FR 16828, March 30, 2000). We find that the total expected takings of polar bear and Pacific walrus during oil and gas industry exploration, development, and production activities will have a negligible impact on these species and no unmitigable adverse impacts on the availability of these species for subsistence use by Alaska Natives. We base this finding on the results of 9 years of monitoring and evaluating interactions between polar bears, Pacific walrus, and Industry, and also on oil spill trajectory models, polar bear density models, and an independent population distribution model that determine the likelihood of impacts to polar bears should an accidental oil release occur. 68 FR 66744 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-11-28/03-29751 03-29751 fr28no03-17 RIN 1018-AH92 4310-55-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-11-28/03-29751 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-11-28/html/03-29751.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-11-28/pdf/03-29751.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Alaska Imports Indians Marine Mammals Oil and Gas Exploration Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Transportation 18 p. 66744 66761 68 FR 66744 Title 50 Part 18 50 CFR Part 18 RIN 1018-AH92 Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities; Federal Register Vol. 68, Issue RULE 03-29751 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 2003-11-28 4310-55-P 03-29751 Final rule.

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have developed regulations that would authorize the incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walrus 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 3-year Beaufort Sea incidental take regulations that were effective from March 30, 2000, through March 31, 2003 (65 FR 16828, March 30, 2000). We find that the total expected takings of polar bear and Pacific walrus during oil and gas industry exploration, development, and production activities will have a negligible impact on these species and no unmitigable adverse impacts on the availability of these species for subsistence use by Alaska Natives. We base this finding on the results of 9 years of monitoring and evaluating interactions between polar bears, Pacific walrus, and Industry, and also on oil spill trajectory models, polar bear density models, and an independent population distribution model that determine the likelihood of impacts to polar bears should an accidental oil release occur.

This rule is effective November 28, 2003, and remains effective through March 28, 2005. Craig Perham, Office of Marine Mammals Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503; telephone 907-786-3810 or 1-800-362-5148; e-mail: craig--perham@fws.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Alaska Imports Indians Marine Mammals Oil and Gas Exploration Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Transportation Marine mammals: Incidental take during specified activities Beaufort Sea, AK; oil and gas industry exploration, development, and production operations; polar bears and Pacific walrus, craig_perham@fws.gov http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/sis_summaries/polar_bears_sis/mapping_dens.htm Vol. 68, no. 229 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2003-11-28 continuing daily deposited born digital 328 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-11-28 P0b002ee1809e9415 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr28no03 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-11-28 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-11-28/pdf/FR-2003-11-28.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-11-28/xml/FR-2003-11-28.xml fdlp 66693 67011 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-07 FR-2003-11-28 machine generated eng FR FR-2003-11-28 68 229