---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 553.27"
title: "49"
number: "553.27"
heading: "Hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/553.27"
---

# §553.27. Hearings.

- (a) **Sections 556 and 557 of title 5, United States Code, do not apply to hearings held under this part.** Unless otherwise specified, hearings held under this part are informal, nonadversary, fact-finding proceedings, at which there are no formal pleadings or adverse parties. Any rule issued in a case in which an informal hearing is held is not necessarily based exclusively on the record of the hearing.
- (b) **The Administrator designates a representative to conduct any hearing held under this part.** The Chief Counsel designates a member of his staff to serve as legal officer at the hearing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30103, 30122, 30124, 30125, 30127, 30146, 30162, 32303, 32502, 32504, 32505, 32705, 32901, 32902, 33102, 33103, and 33107; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 62222, Dec. 5, 1995, unless otherwise noted.