Sec. 1.961  Dismissal of applications.

    (a) Any application may, upon written request signed by the 
applicant or his attorney, be dismissed without prejudice as a matter of 
right prior to the designation of such application for hearing.
    (b) Failure to prosecute an application, or failure to respond to 
official correspondence or request for additional information, will be 
cause for dismissal. Such dismissal will be without prejudice where an 
application has not yet been designated for hearing; such dismissal may 
be with prejudice after an application has been designated for hearing.
    (c) Requests to dismiss an application without prejudice after it 
has been designated for hearing will be considered only upon written 
petition properly served upon all parties of record and will be granted 
only for good cause shown. Such petition must be accompanied by a 
written and signed statement of a person with knowledge of the facts as 
to whether or not consideration has been promised to or received by 
petitioner, directly or indirectly, in connection with the filing of 
such petition for dismissal of the application.