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Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110

§5127 Judicial Review

Title 49 › SUBTITLE III — GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 51 — TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL › § 5127

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If you are hurt or harmed by a final decision of the Secretary, you can ask a court to review it. Unless section 20114(c) says otherwise, you may file a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit or in the circuit where you live or have your main business. You must file within 60 days after the decision is final. The court clerk must send the petition to the Secretary, and the Secretary must file the record of the proceeding with the court as required by 28 U.S.C. 2112. The court has the only power, under subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, to uphold or overturn any part of the Secretary’s final decision and can order the Secretary to do more proceedings if needed. The court will only consider an objection if it was raised with the Secretary during the Secretary’s process or if there was a good reason it could not be raised then.

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Title 49, §5127

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(a)Filing and Venue.—
Except as provided in section 20114(c), a person adversely affected or aggrieved by a final action of the Secretary under this chapter may petition for review of the final action in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia or in the court of appeals for the United States for the circuit in which the person resides or has its principal place of business. The petition must be filed not more than 60 days after the Secretary’s action becomes final.
(b)Judicial Procedures.—
When a petition is filed under subsection (a), the clerk of the court immediately shall send a copy of the petition to the Secretary. The Secretary shall file with the court a record of any proceeding in which the final action was issued, as provided in section 2112 of title 28.
(c)Authority of Court.—
The court has exclusive jurisdiction, as provided in subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, to affirm or set aside any part of the Secretary’s final action and may order the Secretary to conduct further proceedings.
(d)Requirement for Prior Objection.—
In reviewing a final action under this section, the court may consider an objection to a final action of the Secretary only if the objection was made in the course of a proceeding or review conducted by the Secretary or if there was a reasonable ground for not making the objection in the proceeding.

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A prior section 5127 was renumbered section 5128 of this title.

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49 U.S.C. § 5127

Title 49, Transportation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110