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50 CFR § 404.8 - Emergencies and law enforcement activities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s404.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 404.8 - Emergencies and law enforcement activities."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "404.8"
section_name: "Emergencies and law enforcement activities."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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."
cfr_part: "404"
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# 404.8 Emergencies and law enforcement activities.

The prohibitions in this part do not apply to activities necessary to respond to emergencies threatening life, property, or the environment, or to activities necessary for law enforcement purposes.