---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 235.20"
title: "49"
number: "235.20"
heading: "Protests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/235.20"
---

# §235.20. Protests.

- (a) A protest against the granting of an application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which it is made, and contain a concise statement of the interest of protestant in the proceeding.
- (b) Protests shall be filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, DC 20590, and one copy shall be furnished to each applicant.
- (c) **Protests should be filed within the time limit set forth in the public notice.**
- (d) The protestant shall certify that service of a copy of its protest was made upon each applicant.
- (e) Request for hearing must be accompanied with a showing why the protestant is unable to properly present his or her position by written statements.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 3380, Jan. 26, 1984, as amended at 74 FR 25174, May 27, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 3380, Jan. 26, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 3380, Jan. 26, 1984, as amended at 74 FR 25174, May 27, 2009]