50 CFR § 452.09 - Consolidated and joint proceedings.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s452.09"
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title: "50 CFR § 452.09 - Consolidated and joint proceedings."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "452.09"
section_name: "Consolidated and joint proceedings."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 452.09 Consolidated and joint proceedings.

(a) When the Secretary is considering two or more related exemption applications, the Secretary may consider them jointly and prepare a joint report if doing so would expedite or simplify consideration of the issues.

(b) When the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce are considering two or more related exemption applications, they may consider them jointly and prepare a joint report if doing so would expedite or simplify consideration of the issues.