49 CFR § 365.203 - Time for filing.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s365.203"
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title: "49 CFR § 365.203 - Time for filing."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "365.203"
section_name: "Time for filing."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "365"
part_name: "RULES GOVERNING APPLICATIONS FOR OPERATING AUTHORITY"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 553 and 559; 49 U.S.C. 13101, 13301, 13901-13906, 13908, 14708, 31133, 31138, and 31144; 49 CFR 1.87."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 63728, Dec. 9, 1994, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 54707, Oct. 21, 1996."
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# 365.203 Time for filing.

A protest shall be filed (received at the FMCSA, Office of Registration and Safety Information (MC-RS), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590) within 10 days after notice of the application appears in the FMCSA Register. A copy of the protest shall be sent to applicant's representative at the same time. Failure timely to file a protest waives further participation in the proceeding

[80 FR 63705, Oct. 21, 2015, as amended at 84 FR 51432, Sept. 30, 2019]

At 82 FR 5300, Jan. 17, 2017, § 365.203 was suspended, effective Jan. 14, 2017. At 84 FR 51432, Sept. 30, 2019, the suspension was lifted and amendments were made to § 365.203. In that same document, § 365.203 was again suspended indefinitely.