50 CFR § 259.5 - Maximum deposit amounts and time to deposit.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s259.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 259.5 - Maximum deposit amounts and time to deposit."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "259.5"
section_name: "Maximum deposit amounts and time to deposit."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "AID TO FISHERIES"
part_number: "259"
part_name: "CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FUND TAX REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 53501, formerly 46 U.S.C. App. 1177 and 1177-1."
regulatory_source: "82 FR 24565, May 30, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "259"
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# 259.5 Maximum deposit amounts and time to deposit.

(a) Other than the maximum annual ceilings established by the Act, the Secretary shall not establish an annual ceiling. However, deposits can no longer be made once a party has deposited 100 percent of the anticipated cost of all Schedule B objectives unless the Agreement is then amended to establish additional Schedule B objectives.

(b) Ordinarily, the Secretary shall permit deposits to accumulate prior to commencement of any given Schedule B objective for a maximum of ten years. However, at the Secretary's sole discretion and based on good and sufficient cause shown, the time period may be extended.