[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR604.13]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 604--CHARTER SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 604.13  Reviewing evidence submitted by private charter operators.

    (a) The recipient shall review the evidence submitted in response to 
the notice given under 49 CFR 604.11 within 30 days of the deadline for 
the submission of evidence.
    (b) Within 60 days of the deadline for the submission of evidence, 
the recipient shall notify each private charter operator that submitted 
evidence of the recipient's decision.
    (c) The recipient must review the evidence submitted to determine if 
the evidence proves that the private charter operator has:
    (1) The desire and the physical capability to actually provide 
charter service using the categories of revenue vehicles; and
    (2) The required legal authority and the necessary safety 
certifications, licenses and other legal requirements to provide charter 
service.
    (d) The recipient must determine that a private charter operator 
which meets the requirements in 49 CFR 604.13(c) is willing and able.
    (e) A recipient may look behind the evidence submitted by a private 
charter operator only if the recipient has reasonable cause to believe 
that some or all of the evidence has been falsified.
    (f) A recipient may, within its discretion, stop reviewing the 
evidence submitted by private charter operators when the recipient has 
determined that there is one or more private charter operators willing 
and able to provide all

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of the charter service that the recipient proposed to provide in its 
notice. A recipient may, however, review the evidence submitted by all 
private charter operators and create a roster of willing and able 
private charter operators.
    (g) The entity that complies with the public participation process 
under 49 CFR 604.11(e) shall be responsible for complying with the 
requirements in 49 CFR 604.13.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control No. 2132-
0543)