---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.57"
title: "47"
number: "1.57"
heading: "Circulation and voting of petitions for forbearance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.57"
---

# §1.57. Circulation and voting of petitions for forbearance.

- (a) If a petition for forbearance includes novel questions of fact, law or policy which cannot be resolved under outstanding precedents and decisions, the Chairperson will circulate a draft order no later than 28 days prior to the statutory deadline, unless all Commissioners agree to a shorter period.
- (b) The Commission will vote on any circulated order resolving a forbearance petition not later than seven days before the last day that action must be taken to prevent the petition from being deemed granted by operation of law.

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 39227, Aug. 6, 2009, as amended at 88 FR 21433, Apr. 10, 2023]

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12415, Nov. 22, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[74 FR 39227, Aug. 6, 2009, as amended at 88 FR 21433, Apr. 10, 2023]