[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: 49CFR389.31]



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                        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. 389.31  Petitions for rule making.



    (a) Any interested person may petition the Administrator to 

establish, amend, or repeal a rule.

    (b) Each petition filed under this section must:



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    (1) Be submitted in duplicate to the Administrator, Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590;

    (2) Set forth the text or substance of the rule or amendment 

proposed, or specify the rule that the petitioner seeks to have 

repealed, as the case may be;

    (3) Explain the interest of the petitioner in the action requested;

    (4) Contain any information and arguments available to the 

petitioner to support the action sought.



[35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 45 FR 46424, July 10, 1980; 53 

FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]