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§ 389.11 General.

Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2010.

eCFR as of March 11, 2026 ↗
49 CFR § 389.11 — General.. Text in force on March 11, 2026. This wording effective October 1, 2010 to present. Source: eCFR as of March 11, 2026, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-03-11/title-49/section-389.11. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/389.11?asof=2026-03-11, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

Except as provided in § 389.39, Direct final rulemaking procedures, unless the Administrator, for good cause, finds a rule is impractical, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, and incorporates such a finding and a brief statement for the reason for it in the rule, a notice of proposed rulemaking must be issued, and interested persons are invited to participate in the rulemaking proceedings involving rules under an Act.

[75 FR 29916, May 28, 2010]

Amendment history

3 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Oct. 1, 2010 → presentannual editions 2010–2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [75 FR 29916, May 28, 2010]
  2. Oct. 1, 1998 → Oct. 1, 2010annual editions 1998–2009diff vs. previous
    [62 FR 37152, July 11, 1997]
  3. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 1998annual edition 1996
    [51 FR 12621, Apr 14, 1986 as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.