[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: 49CFR211.7]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 211_RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 211.7  Filing requirements.



    (a) Any person may petition the Administrator for issuance, 

amendment, repeal or permanent or temporary waiver of any rule or 

regulation. A petition for waiver must be submitted at least 3 months 

before the proposed effective date, unless good cause is shown for not 

doing so.

    (b)(1) All petitions and applications subject to this part, 

including applications for special approval under Sec. 211.55 and Sec. 

238.21 of this chapter, petitions for grandfathering approval under 

Sec. 238.203 of this chapter, and signal applications under parts 235 

and 236 of



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this chapter, shall be submitted in triplicate to the FRA Docket Clerk. 

Each petition received shall be acknowledged in writing. The 

acknowledgment shall contain the docket number assigned to the petition 

or application and state the date the petition or application was 

received. Within 60 days following receipt, FRA will advise the 

petitioner or applicant of any deficiencies in its petition or 

application.

    (2) All comments submitted in response to a notice and other 

material pertaining to proceedings subject to this part, including 

comments submitted in response to requests for special approval under 

Sec. 211.55 and Sec. 238.21 of this chapter, petitions for 

grandfathering approval under Sec. 238.203 of this chapter, and signal 

applications under parts 235 and 236 of this chapter, shall be submitted 

to the DOT Central Docket Management System and shall contain the 

assigned docket number for that proceeding. The form of such submissions 

may be in written or electronic form consistent with the standards and 

requirements established by the Central Docket Management System and 

posted on its web site at http://dms.dot.gov.



[64 FR 70195, Dec. 16, 1999]