---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.59"
title: "47"
number: "1.59"
heading: "Withdrawal or narrowing of petitions for forbearance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.59"
---

# §1.59. Withdrawal or narrowing of petitions for forbearance.

- (a) A petitioner may withdraw or narrow a petition for forbearance without approval of the Commission by filing a notice of full or partial withdrawal at any time prior to the end of the tenth business day after the due date for reply comments announced in the public notice.
- (b) Except as provided in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, a petition for forbearance may be withdrawn, or narrowed so significantly as to amount to a withdrawal of a large portion of the forbearance relief originally requested by the petitioner, only with approval of the Commission.

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 39227, Aug. 6, 2009]

### 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]