---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 601.30"
title: "49"
number: "601.30"
heading: "Hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/601.30"
---

# §601.30. 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, non-adversary, fact-finding procedures 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 may designate a representative to conduct any hearing held under this part, and the Chief Counsel may designate a member of his/her staff to serve as legal officer at the hearing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 49 U.S.C. 5334; 49 CFR 1.91. Subpart D also issued under 42 U.S.C. 5141.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 67318, Nov. 4, 2005, as amended at 90 FR 28226, July 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted.