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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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The Obama Administration adopted this interpretation in a memo. From 2010-2018, FWS opened about 60 enforcement actions per year, mostly relating to the electric distribution and transmission (30 actions/year) and oil and gas (15 actions/year) industries. The image at the top (via Wikipedia ) is a U.S.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part II

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The Obama Administration formally adopted the strict liability interpretation in a memo. During that time period approximately $105 million in fines and penalties were collected, mostly from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In August 2020 , a federal judge in New York held that the Administration’s interpretation of the MBTA was unlawful.

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