[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR190.335]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 190 --PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS AND RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C--Procedures for Adoption of Rules
 
Sec. 190.335  Petitions for reconsideration.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec. 190.339(d), any interested person may 
petition the Associate Administrator for reconsideration of any 
regulation issued under

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this subpart, or may petition the Chief Counsel for reconsideration of 
any procedural regulation issued under this subpart and contained in 
this subpart. It is requested, but not required, that three copies be 
submitted. The petition must be received not later than 30 days after 
publication of the rule in the Federal Register. Petitions filed after 
that time will be considered as petitions filed under Sec. 190.331. The 
petition must contain a brief statement of the complaint and an 
explanation as to why compliance with the rule is not practicable, is 
unreasonable, or is not in the public interest.
    (b) If the petitioner requests the consideration of additional 
facts, the petitioner must state the reason they were not presented to 
the Associate Administrator or the Chief Counsel within the prescribed 
time.
    (c) The Associate Administrator or the Chief Counsel does not 
consider repetitious petitions.
    (d) Unless the Associate Administrator or the Chief Counsel 
otherwise provides, the filing of a petition under this section does not 
stay the effectiveness of the rule.