[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 49CFR211.13]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 211_RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart B_Rulemaking Procedures

 

Sec.  211.13  Initiation and completion of rulemaking proceedings.



    The Administrator initiates all rulemaking proceedings on his own 

motion



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by publishing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking or a notice of 

proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register. However, he may consider 

the recommendations of interested persons or other agencies of the 

United States. A separate docket is established and maintained for each 

rulemaking proceeding. Each rulemaking proceeding shall be completed not 

later than 12 months after the initial notice in that proceeding is 

published in the Federal Register. However, if it was initiated as the 

result of the granting of a rulemaking petition, the rulemaking 

proceeding shall be completed not later than 12 months after the 

petition was filed as prescribed in Sec. Sec.  211.7 and 211.9.