---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 554.11"
title: "49"
number: "554.11"
heading: "Final decisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/554.11"
---

# §554.11. Final decisions.

- (a) The Administrator bases his final decision on the completed investigative file and on information, views, and arguments submitted at the public meeting.
- (b) If the Administrator decides that a failure to comply or a safety-related defect exists, he orders the manufacturer to furnish the notification specified in 49 U.S.C. [30118](/usc/49/30118.md) and [30119](/usc/49/30119.md) and to remedy the defect or failure to comply.
- (c) If the Administrator closes an investigation following an initial determination, without making a final determination that a failure to comply or a safety-related defect exists, he or she will so notify the manufacturer and publish a notice of that closing in the Federal Register.
- (d) A statement of the Administrator's final decision and the reasons for it appears in each completed public file.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 17268, Apr. 5, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30102-103, 30111-112, 30117-121, 30162, 30165-67; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 10797, Feb. 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 17268, Apr. 5, 1995]