[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR270.7]

[Page 690]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 270_SPECIES-SPECIFIC SEAFOOD MARKETING COUNCILS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 270.7  Results of referendum.

    (a) Favorable vote to establish a Council. NMFS will, by order of 
publication in the Federal Register, establish the Council and approve 
an acceptable proposed charter, if the referendum votes which are cast 
in favor of the proposed charter constitute a majority of the sector 
participants voting in each and every sector. Further, according to the 
best available data, the majority must collectively account for, in the 
12-month period immediately preceding the month in which the proposed 
charter was filed, at least 66 percent of the value of the fish and fish 
products described in the proposed charter handled during such period in 
each sector by those who meet the eligibility requirements to vote in 
the referendum as defined by the applicants.
    (b) Unfavorable vote to establish a Council. If a referendum fails 
to pass in any sector of the proposed Council, NMFS will not establish 
the Council or approve the proposed charter. NMFS will immediately 
recover the cost of conducting the referendum according to Sec. 
270.5(c).
    (c) Notification of referendum results. NMFS will notify the 
applicants of the results of the referendum and publish the results of 
the referendum in the Federal Register.