[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: 49CFR552.5]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 552--PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING, DEFECT, AND NONCOMPLIANCE ORDERS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 552.5  Improperly filed petitions.

    (a) A petition that is not addressed as specified in Sec. 552.4, but 
that meets the other requirements of that section, will be treated as a 
properly filed petition, received as of the time it is discovered and 
identified.
    (b) A document that fails to conform to one or more of the 
requirements of Sec. 552.4(a) through (e) will not be treated as a 
petition under this part. Such a document will be treated according to 
the existing correspondence or other appropriate procedures of the 
NHTSA, and any suggestions contained in it will be considered at the 
discretion of the Administrator or his delegate.