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Interior Solicitor's Office Withdraws and Replaces Obama-Era MBTA Incidental Take Memorandum On December 22,2017, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of the Solicitor withdrew and replaced a prior memorandum addressing incidental take under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), 16U.S.C. §§ 703-711. See Solicitor's Opinion M-37050, "The Migratory Bird Treaty Act Does Not Prohibit Incidental Take" (Dec. 22,2017) (M-37050). M-37050 withdraws and replaces a solicitor's opinion issued in the waning days of the Obama administration that stated the MBTA prohibited incidental take (i.e., take that results from, but is not the purpose of, an activity). See Solicitor's Opinion M-37041, "Incidental Take Prohibited Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act" (Jan. 10,2017).