[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: 49CFR5.11]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 5_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Petitions for Rulemaking or Exemptions
 
Sec.  5.11  Filing of petitions.


    (a) Any person may petition the Secretary to issue, amend, or repeal 
a rule, or for a permanent or temporary exemption from any rule.
    (b) Each petition filed under this section must:
    (1) Be submitted in duplicate to the Docket Clerk, Office of the 
General Counsel, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;
    (2) Set forth the text or substance of the rule or amendment 
proposed, or of the rule from which the exemption is sought, or specify 
the rule that the petitioner seeks to have repealed, as the case may be;
    (3) Explain the interest of the petitioner in the action requested 
including, in the case of a petition for an exemption, the nature and 
extent of the relief sought and a description of the persons to be 
covered by the exemption;
    (4) Contain any information and arguments available to the 
petitioner to support the action sought; and
    (5) In the case of a petition for exemption, unless good cause is 
shown in that petition, be submitted at least 60 days before the 
proposed effective date of the exemption.