14 CFR § 399.2 - Exclusions.

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title: "14 CFR § 399.2 - Exclusions."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "399.2"
section_name: "Exclusions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
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subchapter_name: "POLICY STATEMENTS"
part_number: "399"
part_name: "STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 40113(a), 41712, 46106, 46107, and 42305."
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# 399.2 Exclusions.

The following types of policies are generally not included in this part:

(a) Policies relating solely to the internal management of the Department;

(b) Policies requiring secrecy in the public interest or in the interest of national defense;

(c) Policies that are repetitive of 49 U.S.C. 40101;

(d) Policies that are fully expressed in a procedural or substantive rule of the Department, or in any opinion, decision, order, certificate, permit, exemption, or waiver of the Department;

(e) Expressions of encouragement or admonition to industry to follow a certain course of action;

(f) Positions on legislative items and on other matters that are outside the scope of the Department's current statutory powers and duties.

[PS-21, 29 FR 1446, Jan. 29, 1964, as amended by PS-63, 40 FR 6643, Feb. 13, 1975, Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]