50 CFR § 228.3 - Scope of regulations.

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title: "50 CFR § 228.3 - Scope of regulations."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "228.3"
section_name: "Scope of regulations."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "228"
part_name: "NOTICE AND HEARING ON SECTION 103(d) REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1361"
regulatory_source: "65 FR 39560, June 27, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 228.3 Scope of regulations.

The procedural regulations in this part govern the practice and procedure in hearings held under section 103(d) of the Act. These hearings will be governed by the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 556 and section 557 of the Administrative Procedure Act. The regulations shall be construed to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of all issues raised with respect to any waiver or regulation proposed pursuant to section 103(d) of the Act with full protection for the rights of all persons affected thereby.