[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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.