---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 452.04"
title: "50"
number: "452.04"
heading: "Secretary's report."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/452.04"
---

# §452.04. Secretary's report.

- (a) **Contents of the report.** If the Secretary has made a positive finding on each of the threshold determinations, he shall proceed to gather information and prepare a report for the Endangered Species Committee:
  - (1) Discussing the availability of reasonable and prudent alternatives to the proposed action;
  - (2) Discussing the nature and extent of the benefits of the proposed action;
  - (3) Discussing the nature and extent of the benefits of alternative courses of action consistent with conserving the species or the critical habitat;
  - (4) Summarizing the evidence concerning whether the proposed action is of national or regional significance;
  - (5) Summarizing the evidence concerning whether the proposed action is in the public interest;
  - (6) Discussing appropriate and reasonable mitigation and enhancement measures which should be considered by the Committee in granting an exemption; and
  - (7) Discussing whether the Federal agency and permit or license applicant, if any, have refrained from making any irreversible or irretrievable commitment of resources.
- (b) **Preparation of the report.** The report shall be prepared in accordance with procedures set out in [§ 452.05](/cfr/50/452.05.md) and [§ 452.09](/cfr/50/452.09.md).

## 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.