---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 604.45"
title: "49"
number: "604.45"
heading: "Waiver of procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/604.45"
---

# §604.45. Waiver of procedures.

- (a) The PO shall waive such procedural steps as all parties to the hearing agree to waive before issuance of an initial decision.
- (b) **Consent to a waiver of any procedural step bars the raising of this issue on appeal.**
- (c) The parties may not by consent waive the obligation of the PO to enter a recommended decision on the record.

## 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.