14 CFR § 406.1 - Hearings in license, permit, and payload actions.

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title: "14 CFR § 406.1 - Hearings in license, permit, and payload actions."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "406.1"
section_name: "Hearings in license, permit, and payload actions."
chapter_name: "COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
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part_number: "406"
part_name: "INVESTIGATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "51 U.S.C. 50901-50923."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. FAA-2001-8607, 66 FR 2180, Jan. 10, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
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# 406.1 Hearings in license, permit, and payload actions.

(a) Pursuant to 51 U.S.C. 50912, the following are entitled to a determination on the record after an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 554.

(1) An applicant for a license and a proposed transferee of a license regarding any decision to issue or transfer a license with conditions or to deny the issuance or transfer of such license;

(2) An owner or operator of a payload regarding any decision to prevent the launch or reentry of the payload;

(3) A licensee regarding any decision to suspend, modify, or revoke a license or to terminate, prohibit, or suspend any licensed activity;

(4) An applicant for a permit regarding an FAA decision to issue a permit with conditions or to deny the issuance of the permit; and

(5) A permittee regarding any decision to suspend, modify, or revoke a permit or to terminate, prohibit, or suspend any permitted activity.

(b) An administrative law judge will be designated to preside over any hearing held under this part.

[Doc. No. FAA-2001-8607, 66 FR 2180, Jan. 10, 2001, as amended by Amdt. 406-4, 72 FR 17017, Apr. 6, 2007; Amdt. 406-7, 77 FR 20532, Apr. 5, 2012]