Sec. 1.412  Notice of proposed rulemaking.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, 
prior notice of proposed rulemaking will be given.
    (1) Notice is ordinarily given by publication of a ``Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making'' in the Federal Register. A summary of the full 
decision adopted by the Commission constitutes a ``Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking'' for purposes of Federal Register publication.
    (2) If all persons subject to the proposed rules are named, the 
proposal may (in lieu of publication) be personally served upon those 
persons.
    (3) If all persons subject to the proposed rules are named and have 
actual notice of the proposal as a matter of law, further prior notice 
of proposed rulemaking is not required.
    (b) Rule changes (including adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule 
or rules) relating to the following matters will ordinarily be adopted 
without prior notice:
    (1) Any military, naval, or foreign affairs function of the United 
States.
    (2) Any matter relating to Commission management or personnel or to 
public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.
    (3) Interpretative rules.
    (4) General statements of policy.
    (5) Rules of Commission organization, procedure, or practice.
    (c) Rule changes may in addition be adopted without prior notice in 
any situation in which the Commission for good cause finds that notice 
and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the 
public interest. The finding of good cause and a statement of the basis 
for that finding are in such situations published with the rule changes.
    (d) In addition to the notice provisions of paragraph (a) of this 
section, the Commission, before prescribing any requirements as to 
accounts, records, or memoranda to be kept by carriers, will notify the 
appropriate State agencies having jurisdiction over any carrier involved 
of the proposed requirements.
[ 28 FR 12432 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  51 FR 7445 , Mar. 4, 1986]