45 CFR § 670.1 - Purpose of regulations.

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title: "45 CFR § 670.1 - Purpose of regulations."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "670.1"
section_name: "Purpose of regulations."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "670"
part_name: "CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS"
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regulatory_source: "63 FR 50164, Sept. 21, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
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# 670.1 Purpose of regulations.

The purpose of the regulations in this part is to conserve and protect the native mammals, birds, plants, and invertebrates of Antarctica and the ecosystem upon which they depend and to implement the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541, as amended by the Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-227.