46 CFR § 201.71 - Commencement of proceedings.

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title: "46 CFR § 201.71 - Commencement of proceedings."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "201.71"
section_name: "Commencement of proceedings."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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subchapter_name: "POLICY, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"
part_number: "201"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b); 49 CFR 1.66 and 1.69."
regulatory_source: "General Order 41, 3d Rev., 29 FR 14475, Oct. 22, 1964; 29 FR 15374, Nov. 17, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
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# 201.71 Commencement of proceedings.

Formal proceedings may be commenced with respect to any phase of an application for Government aid or other relief, the processing of which by statute requires a public hearing. The Administration may, in its discretion, also direct the holding of a hearing not required by statute for any purpose authorized in the statutes it administers.