49 CFR § 1331.3 - Procedure.

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title: "49 CFR § 1331.3 - Procedure."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1331.3"
section_name: "Procedure."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "CARRIER RATES AND SERVICE TERMS"
part_number: "1331"
part_name: "APPLICATIONS UNDER 49 U.S.C. 10706 AND 13703"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 1321, 10706 and 13703."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 11206, Mar. 27, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1331.3 Procedure.

(a) Applicant shall serve a copy of the application by first class mail upon the regulatory body having jurisdiction over rates, fares, or charges of each State or territory covered by the agreement, and the original application filed with the Board shall include a certificate naming the bodies upon whom the application has been served.

(b) The Board will publish in the *Federal Register* a notice that an application has been filed under these rules and indicating how a hearing on the application may be obtained.

(c) A protest to an application should conform to 49 CFR part 1104.

(d) The Board's general rules of practice govern procedural matters not specifically covered by these rules.