---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 452.09"
title: "50"
number: "452.09"
heading: "Consolidated and joint proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/452.09"
---

# §452.09. Consolidated and joint proceedings.

- (a) When the Secretary is considering two or more related exemption applications, the Secretary may consider them jointly and prepare a joint report if doing so would expedite or simplify consideration of the issues.
- (b) When the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce are considering two or more related exemption applications, they may consider them jointly and prepare a joint report if doing so would expedite or simplify consideration of the issues.

## 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.