---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 303.40"
title: "14"
number: "303.40"
heading: "Determination of compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/303.40"
---

# §303.40. Determination of compliance.

- (a) Within 10 days after an application is filed pursuant to [§ 303.03](/cfr/14/303.03.md), the Assistant Secretary will determine whether the application complies with the requirements of §§ [303.04](/cfr/14/303.04.md) and [303.05](/cfr/14/303.05.md).
- (b) If the Assistant Secretary determines that the application is incomplete, he or she may issue a notice dismissing the application without prejudice. If the application is dismissed, and statutory time period for completion of proceedings will not begin to run until a completed application is filed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. chapters 401, 413, 417.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 31142, July 31, 1985, unless otherwise noted.