Sec. 1.419  Form of comments and replies; number of copies.

    (a) Comments, replies, and other documents filed in a rulemaking 
proceeding shall conform to the requirements of Sec. 1.49.
    (b) An original and 4 copies of all comments, briefs and other 
documents filed in a rulemaking proceeding shall be furnished the 
Commission. The distribution of such copies shall be as follows:

                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
Secretary (original and 1).......................................      2
Bureau...........................................................      2
Information office...............................................      1
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      Total......................................................      5
                                                                        

    Participants filing the required 5 copies who also wish each 
Commissioner to have a personal copy of the comments may file an 
additional 5 copies. The distribution of such copies shall be as 
follows:

                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
Commissioners....................................................      5
Secretary........................................................      2
Bureau...........................................................      2
Information office...............................................      1
                                                                  ------
      Total......................................................     10
                                                                        

    However, members of the general public who wish to express their 
interest by participating informally in a rulemaking proceeding may do 
so by submitting an original and one copy of their comments, without 
regard to form, provided only that the Docket Number is specified in the 
heading. Informal comments filed after close of the reply comment 
period, or, if on reconsideration, the reconsideration reply comment 
period, should be labeled ``ex parte'' pursuant to section 1.1206(a) of 
this chapter. Letters submitted to Commissioners or Commission staff 
will be treated in the same way as informal comments, as set forth 
above. Also such informal participants who wish the responsible members 
of the staff and the Commissioners to have personal copies may file an 
additional 7 copies. The distribution of such copies shall be as 
follows:

                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
Commissioners....................................................      5
Secretary........................................................      2
Bureau...........................................................      2
                                                                  ------
      Total......................................................      9
                                                                        

    (c) Any person desiring to file identical documents in more than one 
docketed rulemaking proceeding shall furnish the Commission two 
additional copies of any such document for each additional docket. This 
requirement does not apply if the proceedings have been consolidated.
[ 28 FR 12432 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  41 FR 50399 , Nov. 16, 1976; 
 50 FR 26567 , June 27, 1985;  54 FR 29037 , July 11, 1989]