49 CFR § 106.120 - Appeal deadline.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s106.120"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 106.120 - Appeal deadline."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "106.120"
section_name: "Appeal deadline."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND OIL TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "106"
part_name: "RULEMAKING PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 5101-5128; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 42954, June 25, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "106"
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# 106.120 Appeal deadline.
(a) *Appeal of a final rule or withdrawal of a notice of proposed rulemaking.* If you appeal PHMSA's issuance of a final rule or PHMSA's withdrawal of a proposed rulemaking, your appeal document must reach us no later than 30 days after the date PHMSA published the regulation or the withdrawal notice in the *Federal Register.* After that time, PHMSA will consider your appeal to be a petition for rulemaking under § 106.100.
(b) *Appeal of a decision.* If you appeal PHMSA's decision on a petition for rulemaking, your appeal document must reach us no later than 30 days from the date PHMSA served you with written notice of PHMSA's decision.
[70 FR 56089, Sept. 23, 2005]