49 C.F.R. § 1016.301 When an application may be filed.
Title 49 - Transportation
(a) An application may be filed whenever the applicant has prevailed in the proceeding or in a significant and discrete substantive portion of the proceeding, but in no case later than 30 days after an administratively final disposition of the proceeding. (b) If review or reconsideration is sought or taken of a decision as to which an applicant believes it has prevailed, proceedings for the award of fees shall be stayed pending final disposition of the underlying controversy. (c) For purposes of this rule, see the Board's rules governing appellate procedures at §§1115.2 and 1115.3 to determine when a decision becomes administratively final. [46 FR 61660, Dec. 18, 1981, as amended at 54 FR 26380, June 23, 1989]
Title 49: Transportation
PART 1016—SPECIAL PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE RECOVERY OF EXPENSES BY PARTIES TO BOARD ADJUDICATORY PROCEEDINGS
Subpart C—Procedures for Considering Applications
§ 1016.301 When an application may be filed.