---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 604.19"
title: "49"
number: "604.19"
heading: "Processing of advisory opinions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/604.19"
---

# §604.19. Processing of advisory opinions.

- (a) A request for an advisory opinion shall be sent to the Chief Counsel at ombudsman.charterservice@dot.gov and filed electronically in the Charter Service Advisory Opinion/Cease and Desist Order docket number FTA-2007-0023 at https://www.regulations.gov or sent to the dockets office located at 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, for submission to that docket.
- (b) The Chief Counsel shall make every effort to respond to a request for an advisory opinion within ten days of receipt of a request that complies with [§ 604.18(b)](/cfr/49/604.18.md?p=b). The Chief Counsel shall send his or her decision to the interested party, the docket, and the recipient, if appropriate.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5323(d); 49 CFR 1.91.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 2345, Jan. 14, 2008, as amended at 90 FR 28213, July 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted.