[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR211.7]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 211--RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 211.7  Filing requirements.

    (a) Any person may petition the Administrator for issuance, 
amendment, repeal or permanent or temporary waiver of any rule or 
regulation. A petition for waiver must be submitted at least 3 months 
before the proposed effective date, unless good cause is shown for not 
doing so.
    (b)(1) All petitions and applications subject to this part, 
including applications for special approval under Sec. 211.55 and 
Sec. 238.21 of this chapter, petitions for grandfathering approval under 
Sec. 238.203 of this chapter, and signal applications under parts 235 
and 236 of this chapter, shall be submitted in triplicate to the FRA 
Docket Clerk. Each petition received shall be acknowledged in writing. 
The acknowledgment shall contain the docket number assigned to the 
petition or application and state the date the petition or application 
was received. Within 60 days following receipt, FRA will advise the 
petitioner or applicant of any deficiencies in its petition or 
application.
    (2) All comments submitted in response to a notice and other 
material pertaining to proceedings subject to this part, including 
comments submitted in response to requests for special approval under 
Sec. 211.55 and Sec. 238.21 of this chapter, petitions for 
grandfathering approval under Sec. 238.203 of this chapter, and signal 
applications under parts 235 and 236 of this chapter, shall be submitted 
to the DOT Central Docket Management System and shall contain the 
assigned docket number for that proceeding. The form of such submissions 
may be in written or electronic form consistent with the standards and 
requirements established by the Central Docket Management System and 
posted on its web site at http://dms.dot.gov.

[64 FR 70195, Dec. 16, 1999]