---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 157.38"
title: "18"
number: "157.38"
heading: "Pre-approval procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/157.38"
---

# §157.38. Pre-approval procedures.


No later than 90 days prior to providing the notice of open season required by [§ 157.34(a)](/cfr/18/157.34.md?p=a), a prospective applicant must file, for Commission approval, a detailed plan for conducting an open season in conformance with this subpart. The prospective applicant's plan shall include the proposed notice of open season. Upon receipt of a request for such a determination, the Secretary of the Commission shall issue a notice of the request, which will then be published in the Federal Register. The notice shall establish a date on which comments from interested persons are due and a date, which shall be within 60 days of receipt of the prospective applicant's request unless otherwise directed by the Commission, by which the Commission will act on the proposed plan.


## Notes

### Amendments

[Order 2005-A, 70 FR 35026, June 16, 2005]

### Source

Source: Order 2005, 70 FR 8286, Feb. 18, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717w, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352.

### Source

Source: 17 FR 7386, Aug. 14, 1952, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order 2005-A, 70 FR 35026, June 16, 2005]