---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 40.399"
title: "49"
number: "40.399"
heading: "How does the Department notify service agents of its decision?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/40.399"
---

# §40.399. How does the Department notify service agents of its decision?


If you are a service agent involved in a PIE proceeding, the Director provides you written notice as soon as he or she makes a PIE decision. The notice includes the following elements:

- (a) If the decision is not to issue a PIE, a statement of the reasons for the decision, including findings of fact with respect to any material factual issues that were in dispute.
- (b) If the decision is to issue a PIE—
  - (1) A reference to the NOPE;
  - (2) A statement of the reasons for the decision, including findings of fact with respect to any material factual issues that were in dispute;
  - (3) A statement of the scope of the PIE; and
  - (4) **A statement of the duration of the PIE.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 102, 301, 322, 5331, 20140, 31306, and 54101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, unless otherwise noted.