50 CFR § 560.1 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s560.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 560.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "560.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION"
part_number: "560"
part_name: "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552b(g)."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 2571, Jan. 17, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "560"
---


# 560.1 Purpose and scope.

This part contains the regulations of the Marine Mammal Commission implementing the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b). Consistent with the Act, it is the policy of the Marine Mammal Commission that the public is entitled to the fullest practicable information regarding its decision making processes. The provisions of this part set forth the basic responsibilities of the Commission with regard to this policy and offer guidance to members of the public who wish to exercise the rights established by the Act. These regulations also fulfill the requirement of 5 U.S.C. 552b(g) that each agency subject to the Act promulgate regulations to implement the open meeting requirements of subsections (b) through (f) of section 552b.