Sec. 5204. PETITIONS
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## SEC. 5204 PETITIONS **[**[49 U.S.C. 113 note](/us/usc/t49/s113)**]** ###
(a)In general The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall— ####
(1)publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department a summary of all petitions for regulatory action submitted to the Administration; ####
(2)prioritize the petitions submitted based on the likelihood of safety improvements resulting from the regulatory action requested; ####
(3)not later than 180 days after the date a summary of a petition is published under paragraph (1), formally respond to such petition by indicating whether the Administrator will accept, deny, or further review the petition; ####
(4)prioritize responses to petitions consistent with a petition’s potential to reduce crashes, improve enforcement, and reduce unnecessary burdens; and ####
(5)not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of a petition, publish on a publicly accessible Internet Web site of the Department an updated inventory of the petitions described in paragraph (1), including any applicable disposition information for those petitions. ###
(b)Treatment of Multiple Petitions The Administrator may treat multiple similar petitions as a single petition for the purposes of subsection (a). ###
(c)Petition Defined In this section, the term “petition” means a request for— ####
(1)a new regulation; ####
(2)a regulatory interpretation or clarification; or ####
(3)a determination by the Administrator that a regulation should be modified or eliminated because it is— #####
(A)no longer— ######
(i)consistent and clear; ######
(ii)current with the operational realities of the motor carrier industry; or ######
(iii)uniformly enforced; #####
(B)ineffective; or #####
(C)overly burdensome.
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