[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR190.327]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 190_PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS AND RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C_Procedures for Adoption of Rules
 
Sec. 190.327  Hearings.

    (a) If a notice of proposed rulemaking does not provide for a 
hearing, any interested person may petition the Administrator for an 
informal hearing. The petition must be received by the Administrator not 
later than 20 days before expiration of the time stated in

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the notice. The filing of the petition does not automatically result in 
the scheduling of a hearing. A petition is granted only if the 
petitioner shows good cause for a hearing. If a petition for a hearing 
is granted, notice of the hearing is published in the Federal Register.
    (b) Sections 556 and 557 of title 5, United States Code, do not 
apply to hearings held under this part. Unless otherwise specified, 
hearings held under this part are informal, nonadversary fact-finding 
proceedings, at which there are no formal pleadings or adverse parties. 
Any regulation issued in a case in which an informal hearing is held is 
not necessarily based exclusively on the record of the hearing.
    (c) The Administrator designates a representative to conduct any 
hearing held under this subpart. The Chief Counsel designates a member 
of his or her staff to serve as legal officer at the hearing.