49 CFR § 511.54 - Review of initial decision in absence of appeal.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s511.54"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 511.54 - Review of initial decision in absence of appeal."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "511.54"
section_name: "Review of initial decision in absence of appeal."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "511"
part_name: "ADJUDICATIVE PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2002; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 81578, Dec. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "511"
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# 511.54 Review of initial decision in absence of appeal.
The Administrator may, by order, review a case not otherwise appealed by a party. Thereupon the parties shall and participants may file briefs in accordance with § 511.53(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) except that the Administrator may, in his or her discretion, establish a different briefing schedule in his or her order. Any such order shall issue within forty (40) days of issuance of the Initial Decision. The order shall set forth the issues which the Administrator will review.