---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 201.71"
title: "46"
number: "201.71"
heading: "Commencement of proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/201.71"
---

# §201.71. Commencement of proceedings.


Formal proceedings may be commenced with respect to any phase of an application for Government aid or other relief, the processing of which by statute requires a public hearing. The Administration may, in its discretion, also direct the holding of a hearing not required by statute for any purpose authorized in the statutes it administers.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b); 49 CFR 1.66 and 1.69.

### Source

Source: General Order 41, 3d Rev., 29 FR 14475, Oct. 22, 1964; 29 FR 15374, Nov. 17, 1964, unless otherwise noted.