50 CFR § 402.04 - Counterpart regulations.

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title: "50 CFR § 402.04 - Counterpart regulations."
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title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "402.04"
section_name: "Counterpart regulations."
chapter_name: "JOINT REGULATIONS (UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE); ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMITTEE REGULATIONS"
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part_name: "INTERAGENCY COOPERATION—ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973, AS AMENDED"
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# 402.04 Counterpart regulations.

The consultation procedures set forth in this part may be superseded for a particular Federal agency by joint counterpart regulations among that agency, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Such counterpart regulations shall be published in the *Federal Register* in proposed form and shall be subject to public comment for at least 60 days before final rules are published.