50 CFR § 404.1 - Scope and purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s404.1"
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title: "50 CFR § 404.1 - Scope and purpose."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "404.1"
section_name: "Scope and purpose."
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"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "SUBCHAPTER A"
part_number: "404"
part_name: "PAPAHĀNAUMOKUĀKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 431  16 U.S.C. 460k-3; 16 U.S.C. 1801  16 U.S.C. 742f, 16 U.S.C. 742, and 16 U.S.C. 668dd-ee; 16 U.S.C. 1361  16 U.S.C. 1531  Pub. L. No. 106-513, § 6(g) (2000)."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 51135, Aug. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 404.1 Scope and purpose.

The regulations in this part codify the provisions of Presidential Proclamation 8031, and govern the administration of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. These regulations are jointly implemented by the Secretaries of the Interior, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to diminish or enlarge the jurisdiction of the State of Hawaii.