[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR557.5]

[Page 164-165]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 557_PETITIONS FOR HEARINGS ON NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY OF DEFECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  557.5  Improperly filed petitions.

    (a) A petition that is not addressed as specified in Sec.  557.4, 
but that meets the other requirements of that section, will

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be treated as a properly filed petition, received as of the time it is 
discovered and identified.
    (b) A document that fails to conform to one or more of the 
requirements of Sec.  557.4(a) (1) through (5) will not be treated as a 
petition under this part. Such a document will be treated according to 
the existing correspondence and other procedures of the NHTSA, and any 
information contained in it will be considered at the discretion of the 
Administrator.