---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 156.6"
title: "18"
number: "156.6"
heading: "Acceptance for filing or rejection of application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/156.6"
---

# §156.6. Acceptance for filing or rejection of application.


Applications will be docketed when received and the applicant so advised. Any application which does not conform to the requirements of [§§ 156.1 through 156.5](/cfr/18/156.1..156.5.md) will be rejected by the Secretary. All but one copy of a rejected application will be returned. An application which relates to an operation concerning which a prior application has been filed and rejected, shall be docketed as a new application. Such new application shall state the docket number of the prior rejected application.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 Stat. 824, 829, 830; 56 Stat. 83, 84; 15 U.S.C. 717f, 717f(a), 717n, 717o.

### Source

Source: Order 234, 26 FR 4848, June 1, 1961, unless otherwise noted.