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14 C.F.R. § 404.3   Filing of petitions to the Associate Administrator.

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space

Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
PART 404—REGULATIONS AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Subpart A—General

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§ 404.3   Filing of petitions to the Associate Administrator.

(a) Any person may petition the Associate Administrator to issue, amend, or repeal a regulation to eliminate as a requirement for a license any requirement of Federal law applicable to commercial space launch and reentry activities and the operation of launch and reentry sites or to waive any such requirement in the context of a specific application for a license.

(b) Each petition filed under this section shall:

(1) Be submitted in duplicate to the Documentary Services Division, Attention Docket Section, Room 4107, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590;

(2) Set forth the text or substance of the regulation or amendment proposed, the regulation to be repealed, or the licensing requirement to be eliminated or waived;

(3) In the case of a petition for a waiver, explain the nature and extent of the relief sought;

(4) Contain any facts, views, and data available to the petitioner to support the action requested; and

(5) In the case of a petition for a waiver, be submitted at least 60 days before the proposed effective date of the waiver unless good cause for later submission is shown in the petition.

(c) A petition for rulemaking filed under this section shall contain a summary, which the Associate Administrator may cause to be published in the Federal Register, which includes:

(1) A brief description of the general nature of the action requested; and

(2) A brief description of the pertinent reasons presented in the petition for instituting the rulemaking.

[53 FR 11013, Apr. 4, 1988, as amended by Amdt. 404–1, 65 FR 56657, Sept. 19, 2000; Amdt. 404–2, 68 FR 35289, June 13, 2003]

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