---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 452.01"
title: "50"
number: "452.01"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/452.01"
---

# §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)](/cfr/50/7.md?p=a-2) of the Endangered Species Act.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq., as amended.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 8129, Feb. 28, 1985, unless otherwise noted.