Sec. 1.17  Truthful written statements and responses to Commission 
          inquiries and correspondence.

    The Commission or its representatives may, in writing, require from 
any applicant, permittee or licensee written statements of fact relevant 
to a determination whether an application should be granted or denied, 
or to a determination whether a license should be revoked, or to some 
other matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission. No applicant, 
permittee or licensee shall in any response to Commission correspondence 
or inquiry or in any application, pleading, report or any other written 
statement submitted to the Commission, make any misrepresentation or 
willful material omission bearing on any matter within the jurisdiction 
of the Commission.

    Note: Section 1.17 is limited in application to written matter. It 
implies no change in the Commission's existing policies respecting the 
obligation of applicants, permittees and licensees in all instances to 
respond truthfully to requests for information deemed necessary to the 
proper execution of the Commission's functions.

[ 55 FR 23084 , June 6, 1990]