[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: 49CFR845.51]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 845--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRANSPORTATION; ACCIDENT/INCIDENT HEARINGS 
AND REPORTS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart D--Public Record
 
Sec. 845.51  Investigation to remain open.

    Accident investigations are never officially closed but are kept 
open for the submission of new and pertinent evidence by any interested 
person. If the Board finds that such evidence is relevant and probative, 
it shall be made a

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part of the docket and, where appropriate, parties will be given an 
opportunity to examine such evidence and to comment thereon.