---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 775.14"
title: "39"
number: "775.14"
heading: "Hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/775.14"
---

# §775.14. Hearings.

- (a) Public hearings must be held whenever there is:
  - (1) Substantial environmental controversy concerning a proposed action and a request for a hearing by any responsible individual or organization;
  - (2) A request for a hearing by an agency with jurisdiction over or special expertise concerning the proposed action; or
  - (3) A reasonable expectation that a hearing will produce significant information not likely to be obtained without a hearing.
- (b) The distribution and notice requirements of §§ [775.11(d)(1)](/cfr/39/775.11.md?p=d-1) and [775.13](/cfr/39/775.13.md) must be complied with whenever a hearing is to be held.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 63525, Nov. 5, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 63 FR 45719, 45722, Aug. 27, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 401; 42 U.S.C.4321 et seq.; 40 CFR 1500.4.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 63525, Nov. 5, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 63525, Nov. 5, 1979. Redesignated and amended at 63 FR 45719, 45722, Aug. 27, 1998]