---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 3022.30"
title: "39"
number: "3022.30"
heading: "Beginning proceedings on complaints."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/3022.30"
---

# §3022.30. Beginning proceedings on complaints.

- (a) Within 90 days after receiving a properly filed complaint under this part, the Commission will issue:
  - (1) A notice and order in accordance with [§ 3010.151](/cfr/39/3010.151.md) of this chapter that finds the complaint raises one or more material issues of fact or law and begin proceedings on the complaint; or
  - (2) **An order dismissing the complaint.**
- (b) Orders issued pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall include the Commission's written statement setting forth the bases of its determination.
- (c) Contemporaneously with, or shortly after issuing a notice and order under [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section, the Commission will appoint a public representative to represent the interests of the general public in the complaint proceeding.

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 16744, Apr. 10, 2009, as amended at 85 FR 9656, Feb. 19, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 503; 3662.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 16744, Apr. 10, 2009, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 85 FR 9615, Feb. 19, 2020.

### Amendments

[74 FR 16744, Apr. 10, 2009, as amended at 85 FR 9656, Feb. 19, 2020]