| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - tatutory exemptions for actions taken in defense of human life and property.16 Accordingly, pursuant to the interim special 4(d) rule for polar bears, activities, such as oil and gas exploration and development on and near the North Slope of Alaska in polar bear habitat, authorized under the MMPA, do not constitute take under the ESA.17 Second, and similarly, the take prohibitions of the ESA do
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