Standards for determining priorities of hearing.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) (b) (1) Statutory requirements for preference or statutory limitations on the time within which the Department shall act; (2) The impact of delay on the public or particular persons; (3) The need for promptly securing compliance with the provisions of the Act; (4) The time for which the matter has already been pending and which would be required to dispose of it; (5) Whether the application requests renewal of an existing temporary authorization; and (6) In matters relating to operating authority: (i) Whether a proposal might reduce subsidy or increase economy of operations; (ii) Whether an application proposes new service; (iii) The volume of traffic that might be affected by the grant or denial of the proposal; (iv) The period that has elapsed since the Department considered the service needs of the places or areas involved; and (v) The relative availability of necessary staff members of the carriers, communities and the Department, in the light of other proceedings already in progress, to handle the processing of the case.

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 399.60