[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR511.2]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 511--ADJUDICATIVE PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Scope of Rules; Nature of Adjudicative Proceedings, 
                               Definitions
 
Sec. 511.2  Nature of adjudicative proceedings.

    Adjudicative proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with title 
5, U.S.C., sections 551 through 559 and

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this part. It is the policy of the agency that adjudicative proceedings 
shall be conducted expeditiously and with due regard to the rights and 
interests of all persons affected, and to the public interest. 
Therefore, the presiding officer and all parties shall make every effort 
at each stage of a proceeding to avoid unnecessary delay.