---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 190.317"
title: "49"
number: "190.317"
heading: "Participation by interested persons."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/190.317"
---

# §190.317. Participation by interested persons.

- (a) Any interested person may participate in rulemaking proceedings by submitting comments in writing containing information, views or arguments in accordance with instructions for participation in the rulemaking document.
- (b) The Administrator may invite any interested person to participate in the rulemaking proceedings described in [§ 190.325](/cfr/49/190.325.md).
- (c) For the purposes of this subpart, an interested person includes any Federal or State government agency or any political subdivision of a State.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Amdt. 190-8, 61 FR 50909, Sept. 27, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(b); 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 20413, Mar. 27, 1980, unless otherwise noted.