49 CFR § 553.25 - Additional rulemaking proceedings.

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title: "49 CFR § 553.25 - Additional rulemaking proceedings."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "553.25"
section_name: "Additional rulemaking proceedings."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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part_name: "RULEMAKING PROCEDURES"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 322, 30103, 30122, 30124, 30125, 30127, 30146, 30162, 32303, 32502, 32504, 32505, 32705, 32901, 32902, 33102, 33103, and 33107; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 62222, Dec. 5, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
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# 553.25 Additional rulemaking proceedings.

The Administrator may initiate any further rulemaking proceedings that he finds necessary or desirable. For example, interested persons may be invited to make oral arguments, to participate in conferences between the Administrator or his representative and interested persons at which minutes of the conference are kept, to appear at informal hearings presided over by officials designated by the Administrator, at which a transcript or minutes are kept, or participate in any other proceeding to assure informed administrative action and to protect the public interest.