---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 845.4"
title: "49"
number: "845.4"
heading: "Determination to hold hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/845.4"
---

# §845.4. Determination to hold hearing.

- (a) The Board may order an investigative hearing as part of an investigation whenever a hearing is deemed necessary in the public interest.
- (b) If a quorum of the Board is not immediately available in the event of a catastrophic accident, the determination to hold an investigative hearing may be made by the Chairman of the Board.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 515, Pub. L. 106-554, App. C, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-153 (44 U.S.C. 3516 note); 49 U.S.C. 1112, 1113(f), 1116, 1131, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 80287, Dec. 24, 2015, unless otherwise noted.