---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 389.33"
title: "49"
number: "389.33"
heading: "Processing of petition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/389.33"
---

# §389.33. Processing of petition.

- (a) Unless the Administrator 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 Administrator determines that the petition contains adequate justification, he/she initiates rule making action under this Subpart B.
- (c) **Denials.** If the Administrator determines that the petition does not justify rule making, he/she denies the petition.
- (d) **Notification.** Whenever the Administrator determines that a petition should be granted or denied, the Office of the Chief Counsel prepares a notice of that grant or denial for issuance to the petitioner, and the Administrator issues it to the petitioner.

## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 113, 501 et seq. , subchapters I and III of chapter 311, chapter 313, and 31502; sec. 5204 of Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1536; 42 U.S.C. 4917; and 49 CFR 1.87

### Source

Source: 35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]