§  5.67   Amendment or dismissal of applications.

   (a) Any application may be amended or dismissed without prejudice upon
   request of the applicant. Each amendment to or request for dismissal of
   an application shall be signed, authenticated, and submitted in the
   same manner as required for the original application. All subsequent
   correspondence or other material that the applicant desires to have
   incorporated as a part of an application already filed shall be
   submitted in the form of an amendment to the application.

   (b) Defective applications, as defined in § 5.65, are subject to
   dismissal without prejudice.