---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 211.59"
title: "49"
number: "211.59"
heading: "Proceedings on petitions for reconsideration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/211.59"
---

# §211.59. Proceedings on petitions for reconsideration.

- (a) The Administrator may invite public comment or seek a response from the party at whose request the final action was taken before deciding a petition for reconsideration submitted under [§ 211.57](/cfr/49/211.57.md).
- (b) The Administrator may reaffirm, modify, or revoke the final action without further proceedings and shall issue notification of his decision to the petitioner and other interested parties or publish a notice in the Federal Register. Each petition for reconsideration shall be decided not later than 4 months after receipt. Petitions for reconsideration relating to the same rule may be consolidated for decision. In the event the Administrator determines to reconsider a final action, and appropriate notice is published in the Federal Register.

## 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.