[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR106.80]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 106_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Participating in the Rulemaking Process
 
Sec. 106.80  Public meeting procedures.

    A public meeting is a non-adversarial, fact-finding proceeding 
conducted by a RSPA representative. Generally, public meetings are 
announced in the Federal Register. Interested persons are invited to 
attend and to present their views to the agency on specific issues. 
There are no formal pleadings and no adverse parties, and any regulation 
issued afterward is not necessarily based exclusively on the record of 
the meeting. Sections 556 and 557 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 
U.S.C. 556 and 557) do not apply to public meetings under this part.