---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 211.31"
title: "49"
number: "211.31"
heading: "Proceedings on petitions for reconsideration of a final rule."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/211.31"
---

# §211.31. Proceedings on petitions for reconsideration of a final rule.

- (a) The Administrator may grant or deny, in whole or in part, any petition for reconsideration of a final rule without further proceedings. Each petition shall be decided not later than 4 months after its receipt by the Docket Clerk. In the event he determines to reconsider a rule, the Administrator may amend the rule or initiate a new rulemaking proceeding. An appropriate notice is published in the Federal Register.
- (b) Whenever the Administrator determines that a petition should be granted or denied, a notice of the grant or denial of a petition for reconsideration is sent to the petitioner. When a petition is granted, a notice is published in the Federal Register.
- (c) The Administrator may consolidate petitions relating to the same rule.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20114, 20306, 20502-20504, and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 54181, Dec. 13, 1976, unless otherwise noted.