[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: 49CFR211.19]



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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. 211.19  Petitions for extensions of time to comment.



    (a) Any person may petition the Administrator for an extension of 

time to submit comments in response to an advance notice or notice of 

proposed rulemaking. The petition must be received by the FRA Docket 

Clerk not later than 10 days before expiration of the time stated in the 

notice and must contain reference to the FRA docket number for the 

proceeding involved. The filing of the petition does not automatically 

extend the time for petitioner's comments.

    (b) The Administrator grants the petition only if the petitioner 

shows a substantive interest in the proposed rule and good cause for the 

extension, and if time permits and the extension is in the public 

interest. Extensions will not be granted unless time permits and will 

not exceed one month. If an extension is granted, it is granted as to 

all persons and a notice of the extension is published in the Federal 

Register.



[41 FR 54181, Dec. 13, 1976, as amended at 64 FR 70195, Dec. 16, 1999]