---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 190.333"
title: "49"
number: "190.333"
heading: "Processing of petition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/190.333"
---

# §190.333. Processing of petition.

- (a) **General.** Unless the Associate Administrator or the Chief Counsel otherwise specifies, no public hearing, argument, or other proceeding is held directly on a petition before its disposition under this section.
- (b) **Grants.** If the Associate Administrator or the Chief Counsel determines that the petition contains adequate justification, he or she initiates rulemaking action under this subpart.
- (c) **Denials.** If the Associate Administrator or the Chief Counsel determines that the petition does not justify rulemaking, the petition is denied.
- (d) **Notification.** The Associate Administrator or the Chief Counsel will notify a petitioner, in writing, of the decision to grant or deny a petition for rulemaking.

## 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.