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Historical textIn force on Oct. 1, 2019Source: eCFR

§ 389.35 Petitions for reconsideration.

Wording in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2015, superseded December 31, 2020.

eCFR as of October 1, 2019 ↗
49 CFR § 389.35 — Petitions for reconsideration.. Text in force on October 1, 2019. This wording effective October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2020. Source: eCFR as of October 1, 2019, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2019-10-01/title-49/section-389.35. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/389.35?asof=2019-10-01, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Any interested person may petition the Administrator for reconsideration of any rule issued under this part. The petition must be in English and submitted to the Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, and received not later than thirty (30) days after publication of the rule in the Federal Register. Petitions filed after that time will be considered as petitions filed under § 389.31 of this part. The petition must contain a brief statement of the complaint and an explanation as to why compliance with the rule is not practicable, is unreasonable, or is not in the public interest.

(b) If the petitioner requests the consideration of additional facts, he/she must state the reason they were not presented to the Administrator within the prescribed time.

(c) The Administrator does not consider repetitious petitions.

(d) Unless the Administrator otherwise provides, the filing of a petition under this section does not stay the effectiveness of the rule.

[35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988; 72 FR 55702, Oct. 1, 2007; 80 FR 59073, Oct. 1, 2015]

Amendment history

7 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. March 21, 2021 → presenteCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988; 72 FR 55702, Oct. 1, 2007; 80 FR 59073, Oct. 1, 2015; 85 FR 86849, Dec. 31, 2020]
  2. March 1, 2021 → March 21, 2021eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988; 72 FR 55702, Oct. 1, 2007; 80 FR 59073, Oct. 1, 2015]
  3. Dec. 31, 2020 → March 1, 2021eCFR, day-precisediff vs. previous
    [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988; 72 FR 55702, Oct. 1, 2007; 80 FR 59073, Oct. 1, 2015]
  4. Oct. 1, 2015 → Dec. 31, 2020annual editions 2015–2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988; 72 FR 55702, Oct. 1, 2007; 80 FR 59073, Oct. 1, 2015]
  5. Oct. 1, 2007 → Oct. 1, 2015annual editions 2007–2014diff vs. previous
    [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988; 72 FR 55702, Oct. 1, 2007]
  6. Oct. 1, 2001 → Oct. 1, 2007annual editions 2001–2006diff vs. previous
    [35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]
  7. 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.