[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR5.11]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation

 

PART 5_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart B_Petitions for Rulemaking or Exemptions

 

Sec. 5.11  Filing of petitions.





    (a) Any person may petition the Secretary to issue, amend, or repeal 

a rule, or for a permanent or temporary exemption from any rule.

    (b) Each petition filed under this section must:

    (1) Be submitted in duplicate to the Docket Clerk, Office of the 

General Counsel, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;

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

proposed, or of the rule from which the exemption is sought, 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the rule that the petitioner seeks to have repealed, as the case may be;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 

including, in the case of a petition for an exemption, the nature and 

extent of the relief sought and a description of the persons to be 

covered by the exemption;

    (4) Contain any information and arguments available to the 

petitioner to support the action sought; and

    (5) In the case of a petition for exemption, unless good cause is 

shown in that petition, be submitted at least 60 days before the 

proposed effective date of the exemption.