[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: 49CFR5.21]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation

 

PART 5_RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart C_Procedures

 

Sec. 5.21  General.





    (a) Unless the Secretary finds, for good cause, that notice is 

impractical, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, a notice 

of proposed rule making is issued and interested persons are invited to 

participate in the rulemaking proceedings with respect to each 

substantive rule.

    (b) Unless the Secretary determines that notice and public 

rulemaking proceedings are necessary or desirable, interpretive rules, 

general statements of policy, and rules relating to organization, 

procedure, or practice are prescribed as final without notice or other 

public rulemaking proceedings.

    (c) In his discretion, the Secretary may invite interested persons 

to participate in the rulemaking proceedings described in Sec. 5.29 of 

this subpart.

    (d) For rules for which the Secretary determines that notice is 

unnecessary because no adverse public comment is anticipated, the direct 

final rulemaking procedure described in Sec. 5.35 of this subpart may 

be followed.



[32 FR 10363, July 14, 1967, as amended at 69 FR 4458, Jan. 30, 2004]



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