[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: 49CFR5.21]

[Page 49]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 5_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Procedures
 
Sec.  5.21  General.


    (a) Unless the Secretary finds, for good cause, that notice is 
impractical, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, a notice 
of proposed rule making is issued and interested persons are invited to 
participate in the rulemaking proceedings with respect to each 
substantive rule.
    (b) Unless the Secretary determines that notice and public 
rulemaking proceedings are necessary or desirable, interpretive rules, 
general statements of policy, and rules relating to organization, 
procedure, or practice are prescribed as final without notice or other 
public rulemaking proceedings.
    (c) In his discretion, the Secretary may invite interested persons 
to participate in the rulemaking proceedings described in Sec.  5.29 of 
this subpart.