[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR831.14]

[Page 192-193]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
           CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 831_ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  831.14  Proposed findings.

    (a) General. Any person, government agency, company, or association 
whose employees, functions, activities, or products were involved in an 
accident

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or incident under investigation may submit to the Board written proposed 
findings to be drawn from the evidence produced during the course of the 
investigation, a proposed probable cause, and/or proposed safety 
recommendations designed to prevent future accidents.
    (b) Timing of submissions. To be considered, these submissions must 
be received before the matter is calendared for consideration at a Board 
meeting. All written submissions are expected to have been presented to 
staff in advance of the formal scheduling of the meeting. This procedure 
ensures orderly and thorough consideration of all views.
    (c) Exception. This limitation does not apply to safety enforcement 
cases handled by the Board pursuant to part 821 of this chapter. 
Separate ex parte rules, at part 821, subpart J, apply to those 
proceedings.

[62 FR 3808, Jan. 27, 1997]