Current textIn force on Dec. 12, 2023Source: eCFR
§ 397.221 Timeliness.
Current wording, first on file in the 1996 annual edition.
49 CFR § 397.221 — Timeliness.. Text in force on December 12, 2023. This wording effective October 1, 1996 to present. Source: eCFR as of December 12, 2023, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2023-12-12/title-49/section-397.221. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/397.221?asof=2023-12-12, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
If the Administrator fails to take action on the application within 90 days of serving the notice required by § 397.217(d), the applicant may treat the application as having been denied in all respects.
Amendment history
1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 1996A 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.