---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 557.2"
title: "49"
number: "557.2"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/557.2"
---

# §557.2. Purpose.


The purpose of this part is to enable the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to identify and respond on a timely basis to petitions for hearings on whether a manufacturer has reasonably met his obligation to notify or remedy, and to establish the procedures for such hearings.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 9, Pub. L. 89-670, 80 Stat. 931 (49 U.S.C. 1657); sec. 103, 119, Pub. L. 89-563, 80 Stat. 718 (15 U.S.C. 1392, 1407); sec. 156, Pub. L. 93-492, 88 Stat. 1470 (15 U.S.C 1416); delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50).

### Source

Source: 41 FR 56812, Dec. 30, 1976, unless otherwise noted.