DOT Rulemakings with "Small Entities" Effects As Of 9/25/12
DOT Rulemakings with "Small Entities" Effects As Of 9/25/12
Small Entities
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Resources for Small Entities
We encourage small entities to review a variety of resources provided on this Web site to help you obtain information about DOT rulemakings.
The Rights of Small Entities To Enforcement Fairness and Policy Against Retaliation
The DOT has a policy regarding the rights of small entities to regulatory enforcement fairness and an explicit policy against retaliation for exercising these rights.
Rulemaking Requirements Concerning Small Entities
The DOT has posted on this Web site a document that provides a brief summary of the Rulemaking Requirements affecting the rulemaking process in DOT. Small entities interested in learning more about these requirements may want to review the document, which also contains links to the various...
Tools to Improve Participation in Rulemaking
This page includes tools to improve the participation of small entities in the rulemaking process.
Effects of Rules on Small Entities
While safety considerations do not always permit us to provide relief to smaller entities, we are aware of small entity concerns and try, where possible, to accommodate them. In some cases, we have no discretion under our governing statutes to exempt small entities from our requirements....
Small Entities
This section of our Web site is particularly intended to provide small entities with information to help them effectively participate in DOT's rulemaking process and implement any final rules that apply to them.