50 CFR § 452.01 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s452.01"
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title: "50 CFR § 452.01 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "452.01"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
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: "C"
subchapter_name: "ENDANGERED SPECIES EXEMPTION PROCESS"
part_number: "452"
part_name: "CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION BY THE SECRETARY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531,  as amended."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 8129, Feb. 28, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "452"
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# 452.01 Purpose and scope.

This part prescribes the procedures to be used by the Secretary when examining applications for exemption from section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act.