49 CFR § 389.27 - Hearings.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s389.27"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 389.27 - Hearings."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "389.27"
section_name: "Hearings."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "389"
part_name: "RULEMAKING PROCEDURES—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
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. 113, 501 , subchapters I and III of chapter 311, chapter 313, and 31502; sec. 5204 of Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1536; 42 U.S.C. 4917; and 49 CFR 1.87"
regulatory_source: "35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "389"
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# 389.27 Hearings.
(a) Sections 556 and 557 of title 5, United States Code, do not apply to hearings held under this part. Unless otherwise specified, hearings held under this part are informal, nonadversary, fact-finding procedures at which there are no formal pleadings or adverse parties. Any rule issued in a case in which an informal hearing is held is not necessarily based exclusively on the record of the hearing.
(b) The Administrator designates a representative to conduct any hearing held under this part. The Chief Counsel of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration designates a member of his/her staff to serve as legal officer at the hearing.
[35 FR 9209, June 12, 1970, as amended at 53 FR 2036, Jan. 26, 1988]