[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR211.13]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 211_RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Rulemaking Procedures
 
Sec. 211.13  Initiation and completion of rulemaking proceedings.

    The Administrator initiates all rulemaking proceedings on his own 
motion by publishing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking or a 
notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register. However, he may 
consider the recommendations of interested persons

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or other agencies of the United States. A separate docket is established 
and maintained for each rulemaking proceeding. Each rulemaking 
proceeding shall be completed not later than 12 months after the initial 
notice in that proceeding is published in the Federal Register. However, 
if it was initiated as the result of the granting of a rulemaking 
petition, the rulemaking proceeding shall be completed not later than 12 
months after the petition was filed as prescribed in Sec. Sec. 211.7 
and 211.9.