[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: 50CFR452.08]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
CHAPTER IV--JOINT REGULATIONS (UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, 
 
PART 452_CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION BY THE SECRETARY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 452.08  Submission of Secretary's report.

    (a) Upon closing of the record, the Administrative Law Judge shall 
certify the record and transmit it to the Secretary for preparation of 
the Secretary's report which shall be based on the record. The Secretary 
may direct the Administrative Law Judge to reopen the record and obtain 
additional information if he determines that such action is necessary.
    (b) The Secretary shall submit his report and the record of the 
hearing to the Committee within 140 days after making his threshold 
determinations under Sec. 452.03(a) or within such other period of time 
as is mutually agreeable to the applicant and the Secretary.