[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: 49CFR601.32]

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                        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.  601.32  Petitions for rulemaking or exemptions.

    (a) Any interested person may petition the Administrator to 
establish, amend, or repeal a rule, or for a permanent or temporary 
exemption from FTA rules as allowed by law.
    (b) Each petition filed under this section must:
    (1) Be submitted in duplicate to the Administrator, Federal Transit 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590;
    (2) State the name, street and mailing addresses, and telephone 
number of the petitioner; if the petitioner is not an individual, state 
the name, street and mailing addresses and telephone number of an 
individual designated as an agent of the petitioner for all purposes 
related to the petition;
    (3) 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the rule that the petitioner seeks to have repealed, as the case may be;
    (4) 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;
    (5) Contain any information and arguments available to the 
petitioner to support the action sought; and
    (6) In the case of a petition for exemption, except in cases in 
which good cause is shown, the petition must be submitted at least 120 
days before the requested effective date of the exemption.