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§ 389.27 Hearings.

Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2001.

eCFR as of July 23, 2019 ↗
49 CFR § 389.27 — Hearings.. Text in force on July 23, 2019. This wording effective October 1, 2001 to present. Source: eCFR as of July 23, 2019, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2019-07-23/title-49/section-389.27. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/389.27?asof=2019-07-23, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Sections 556 and 557 of title 5, United States Code, do not apply to hearings held under this part. Unless otherwise specified, hearings held under this part are informal, nonadversary, fact-finding procedures at which there are no formal pleadings or adverse parties. Any rule issued in a case in which an informal hearing is held is not necessarily based exclusively on the record of the hearing.

(b) The Administrator designates a representative to conduct any hearing held under this part. The Chief Counsel of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration designates a member of his/her staff to serve as legal officer at the hearing.

[35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]

Amendment history

2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Oct. 1, 2001 → presentannual editions 2001–2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]
  2. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2001annual editions 1996–2000
    [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, 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.