---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 511.17"
title: "49"
number: "511.17"
heading: "Public participation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/511.17"
---

# §511.17. Public participation.


Participant Status. Any person interested in a proceeding commenced pursuant to [§ 511.11](/cfr/49/511.11.md) who desires to participate in the proceeding, shall file with the Docket Section a notice of intention to participate in the proceeding and shall serve a copy of such notice on each party to the proceeding. A notice of intention to participate shall be filed not later than the commencement of the hearing. Untimely filings will not be accepted absent a determination by the Presiding Officer that the person making the request has made a substantial showing of good cause for failure to file on time. Any person who files a notice to participate in the proceeding as a nonparty shall be known as a “participant” and shall have the rights specified in [§ 511.41(d)](/cfr/49/511.41.md?p=d).


## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 15783, May 3, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2002; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 81578, Dec. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[53 FR 15783, May 3, 1988]