[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 49, Volume 1] [Revised as of October 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 49CFR26.43] [Page 264] TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation PART 26_PARTICIPATION BY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents Subpart C_Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting Sec. 26.43 Can recipients use set-asides or quotas as part of this program? (a) You are not permitted to use quotas for DBEs on DOT-assisted contracts subject to this part. (b) You may not set-aside contracts for DBEs on DOT-assisted contracts subject to this part, except that, in limited and extreme circumstances, you may use set-asides when no other method could be reasonably expected to redress egregious instances of discrimination. [[Page 265]]