Sec.  2.911   Written application required.

   (a) An application for equipment authorization shall be filed on a form
   prescribed by the Commission.

   (b) Each application shall be accompanied by all information required by
   this subpart and by those parts of the rules governing operation of the
   equipment, and by requisite test data, diagrams, etc., as specified in this
   subpart and in those sections of rules whereunder the equipment is to be
   operated.

   (c) Each application including amendments thereto, and related statements of
   fact required by the Commission, shall be personally signed by the applicant
   if the applicant is an individual; by one of the partners if the applicant
   is a partnership; by an officer, if the applicant is a corporation; or by a
   member who is an officer, if the applicant is an unincorporated association:
   Provided, however, That the application may be signed by the applicant's
   authorized  representative who shall indicate his title, such as plant
   manager, project engineer, etc.

   (d) Technical test data shall be signed by the person who performed or
   supervised the tests. The person signing the test data shall attest to the
   accuracy of such data. The Commission may require such person to submit a
   statement showing that he is qualified to make or supervise the required
   measurements.

   (e) The signatures of the applicant and the person certifying the test data
   shall be made personally by those persons on the original application;
   copies of such documents may be conformed. Signatures and certifications
   need not be made under oath.

   (f) Each application shall be accompanied by the processing fee prescribed
   in subpart G of part 1 of this chapter.

   (g)  Signed,  as  used  in this section, means an original handwritten
   signature; however, the Office of Engineering and Technology may allow
   signature by any symbol executed or adopted by the applicant with the intent
   that   such  symbol  be  a  signature,  including  symbols  formed  by
   computer-generated electronic impulses.

   [ 39 FR 5919 , Feb. 15, 1974, as amended at  39 FR 27802 , Aug. 1, 1974;  52 FR 5294 , Feb. 20, 1987. Redesignated at  54 FR 17712 , Apr. 25, 1989;  63 FR 36598 , July 7, 1998]