[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 49, Volume 5] [Revised as of October 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 49CFR389.25] [Page 306] TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 389_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES_FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS --Table of Contents Subpart B_Procedures for Adoption of Rules Sec. 389.25 Additional rule making proceedings. The Administrator may initiate any further rule making proceedings that he/she finds necessary or desirable. or example, interested persons may be invited to make oral arguments, to participate in conferences between the Administrator or his/her representative at which minutes of the conference are kept, to appear at informal hearings presided over by officials designated by the Administrator at which a transcript or minutes are kept, or participate in any other proceeding to assure informed administrative action and to protect the public interest. [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]