CFR > Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER II—NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > SUBCHAPTER C—MARINE MAMMALS (Parts 216–229) > PART 216—REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS > SUBPART P—Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy Training in the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC) (§216.170 to §216.179) > 216.171—Effective dates and definitions.

216.171—Effective dates and definitions.

(a) Regulations are effective January 5, 2009 through January 5, 2014.
(b) The following definitions are utilized in these regulations:
(1) Uncommon Stranding Event (USE)— A stranding event that takes place during a major training exercise and involves any one of the following:
(i) Two or more individuals of any cetacean species (not including mother/calf pairs, unless of species of concern listed in next bullet) found dead or live on shore within a two day period and occurring on same shore lines or facing shorelines of different islands.
(ii) A single individual or mother/calf pair of any of the following marine mammals of concern: Beaked whale of any species, Kogia sp., Risso's dolphin, melon-headed whale, pilot whales, humpback whales, sperm whales, blue whales, fin whales, sei whales, or monk seal.
(iii) A group of 2 or more cetaceans of any species exhibiting indicators of distress.
(2) Shutdown (this definition specifically applies only to the word as used in § 216.174(a)(1) (xxviii)(A)(1) and (2 ))—The cessation of MFAS operation or detonation of explosives within 14 nm of any live, in the water animal involved in a USE.