Regulations last checked for updates: May 23, 2025

Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries last revised: May 21, 2025
§ 18.127 - Monitoring.

Holders of an LOA must develop and implement a site-specific, Service-approved marine mammal monitoring and mitigation plan to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation measures and the effects of activities on walruses, polar bears, and the subsistence use of these species and provide trained, qualified, and Service-approved onsite observers to carry out monitoring and mitigation activities identified in the marine mammal monitoring and mitigation plan.

authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361
source: 39 FR 7262, Feb. 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 50 CFR 18.127