49 CFR § 389.5 - Regulatory docket.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s389.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 389.5 - Regulatory docket."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "389.5"
section_name: "Regulatory docket."
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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# 389.5 Regulatory docket.

(a) Information and data deemed relevant by the Administrator relating to rulemaking actions, including notices of proposed rulemaking; comments received in response to notices; petitions for rulemaking and reconsideration; denials of petitions for rulemaking and reconsideration; records of additional rule making proceedings under § 389.25; and final rules are maintained at headquarters, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

(b) Except for material ordered withheld from the public under section 552(b) of title 5 of the United States Code, any person may examine docketed material in the Department of Transportation Docket Management Facility in the following ways:

(1) At headquarters at any time during regular business hours. Copies may be obtained upon payment of a fee.

(2) On the website *regulations.gov,* at any time, by using the uniform resources locator (URL) *https://www.regulations.gov.* Copies may be downloaded or printed.

[72 FR 55702, Oct. 1, 2007, as amended at 88 FR 80183, Nov. 17, 2023]