---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 600.140"
title: "50"
number: "600.140"
heading: "Procedure for proposed regulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/600.140"
---

# §600.140. Procedure for proposed regulations.

- (a) Each Council must establish a written procedure for proposed regulations consistent with [section 303(c)](/cfr/50/303.md?p=c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The procedure must describe how the Council deems proposed regulations necessary or appropriate for the purposes of implementing a fishery management plan or a plan amendment, or making modifications to regulations implementing a fishery management plan or plan amendment. In addition, the procedure must describe how the Council submits proposed regulations to the Secretary.
- (b) The Councils must include the procedure for proposed regulations in its SOPP, see [§ 600.115](/cfr/50/600.115.md), or other written documentation that is available to the public.

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 59150, Sept. 27, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 32540, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 59150, Sept. 27, 2010]