CFR > Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER IV—JOINT REGULATIONS (UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTM > SUBCHAPTER C—ENDANGERED SPECIES EXEMPTION PROCESS (Parts 450–453) > PART 453—ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMITTEE > 453.01—Purpose.

453.01—Purpose.

This part prescribes the procedures to be used by the Endangered Species Committee when examining applications for exemption from section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.