[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 49, Volume 7] [Revised as of October 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 49CFR601.29] [Page 11] TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 601_ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents Subpart C_Rulemaking Procedures Sec. 601.29 Additional rulemaking proceedings. The Administrator may initiate any further rulemaking proceedings that he/she finds necessary or desirable. For example, interested persons may be invited to make oral arguments, to participate in conferences between the Administrator or his/her representative at which minutes of the conference are kept, to appear at informal hearings presided over by officials designated by the Administrator at which a transcript or minutes are kept, or participate in any other proceeding to assure informed administrative action and to protect the public interest.