---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 385.323"
title: "49"
number: "385.323"
heading: "Safety audit: Extensions for corrective action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/385.323"
---

# §385.323. Safety audit: Extensions for corrective action.

- (a) FMCSA may extend the 60-day period in [§ 385.319(c)(1)](/cfr/49/385.319.md?p=c-1) for up to an additional 60 days provided FMCSA determines the new entrant is making a good faith effort to remedy its safety management practices.
- (b) FMCSA may extend the 45-day period in [§ 385.319(c)(2)](/cfr/49/385.319.md?p=c-2) for up to an additional 10 days if the new entrant has submitted evidence that corrective actions have been taken pursuant to [§ 385.319(c)](/cfr/49/385.319.md?p=c) and the Agency needs additional time to determine the adequacy of the corrective action.

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 76490, Dec. 16, 2008]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 31983, May 13, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 113, 504, 521(b), 5105(d), 5109, 5113, 13901-13905, 13908, 31135, 31136, 31144, 31148, 31151, 31502; sec. 113(a), Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676; sec. 408, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 958; sec. 350, Pub. L. 107-87, 115 Stat. 833, 864; sec. 5205, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1537; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 50968, Dec. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 76490, Dec. 16, 2008]