---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 601.43"
title: "49"
number: "601.43"
heading: "Opening the docket."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/601.43"
---

# §601.43. Opening the docket.

- (a) The Emergency Relief Docket shall be opened within two business days of an emergency or disaster declaration in which it appears FTA grantees or subgrantees are or will be impacted.
- (b) In cases in which emergencies can be anticipated, such as hurricanes, FTA shall open the docket and place the message on the FTA website in advance of the event.
- (c) In the event a grantee or subgrantee believes the Emergency Relief Docket should be opened and it has not been opened, that grantee or subgrantee may submit a petition in duplicate to the Administrator, via U.S. mail, to: Federal Transit Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; via telephone, at: (202) 366-4043; or via fax, at (202) 366-3472, requesting opening of the Docket for that emergency and including the information in [§ 601.45](/cfr/49/601.45.md). The Administrator in his or her sole discretion shall determine the need for opening the Emergency Relief Docket.

## 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.