---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 20.155"
title: "50"
number: "20.155"
heading: "Public file."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/20.155"
---

# §20.155. Public file.

- (a) **Establishment.** A public file will be established for each rulemaking to which this subpart N is applicable.
- (b) **Contents.** Except for information exempt from disclosure under [5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md), a public file established pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section will contain:
  - (1) The minutes of Regulations Committee meetings made pursuant to [paragraph (d)](/cfr/50/20.153.md?p=d) of § 20.153;
  - (2) Any written comments and other significant written communications which occur after the notice of proposed rulemaking;
  - (3) Summaries, identifying the source, of any significant oral communications which occur after the notice of proposed rulemaking; and
  - (4) **Copies of or references to any other significant data or information.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 46 FR 62079, Dec. 22, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 742a-j. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 38558, June 26, 2026.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, unless otherwise noted.