50 CFR § 259.6 - Termination of inactive and zero balance accounts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s259.6"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 259.6 - Termination of inactive and zero balance accounts."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "259.6"
section_name: "Termination of inactive and zero balance accounts."
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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# 259.6 Termination of inactive and zero balance accounts.

(a) If a Schedule B objective has not commenced within 10 years from the date the Agreement was established, and has not been extended by written approval of the Secretary, the Agreement is considered inactive and subject to termination.

(b) If the account balance of all depositories of an Agreement is zero dollars 10 years after the date it was established, and has not been extended through amendment, the Agreement is considered inactive and subject to termination unless its Schedule B objective has commenced.

(c) A certified letter will be sent to holders of Agreements identified for termination informing them that the agreement will terminate 60 days after the date of the letter unless the deficiencies identified in the letter are addressed.