# 44 CFR § 1.4: Public rulemaking docket

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.4

## Section

- **Citation:** 44 CFR § 1.4
- **Heading:** Public rulemaking docket
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 44—Emergency Management and Assistance > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL > PART 1—RULEMAKING, POLICY, AND PROCEDURES

## Text

(a) FEMA maintains a public docket for each rulemaking after it is published in the Federal Register and until the rulemaking is closed and archived at the National Archives and Records Administration. The public docket includes every document published in the Federal Register in conjunction with a rulemaking. It also includes regulatory assessments and analyses, written comments from the public addressed to the merits of a proposed rule, comments from the public received in response to notices, or to withdrawals or terminations of a proposed rulemaking, requests for a public meeting, requests for extension of time, petitions for rulemaking, grants or denials of petitions or requests, and transcripts or minutes of informal hearings. The public rulemaking docket is maintained by the Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of Chief Counsel.
(b) After FEMA establishes a public rulemaking docket, any person may examine docketed material during established business hours by prearrangement with the Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of Chief Counsel, FEMA, 500 C St. SW, Washington, DC 20472, and may obtain a copy of any docketed material (except for copyrighted material). FEMA also maintains a copy of each public docket electronically, with the exception of copyrighted material, on www.regulations.gov. To access the docket on www.regulations.gov, search for the docket ID associated with the rulemaking.
(c) The docket for flood hazard elevation rules issued by the National Flood Insurance Program are partially maintained at the locality that is the subject of the rule. FEMA includes in the preamble of each flood hazard elevation rule the repository address for supporting material.

## Nearby sections

- [44 CFR § 1.1 § 1.1 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.1.md)
- [44 CFR § 1.2 § 1.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.2.md)
- [44 CFR § 1.3 § 1.3 Regulatory policy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.3.md)
- [44 CFR § 1.4 § 1.4 Public rulemaking docket.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.4.md)
- [44 CFR § 1.5 § 1.5 Public comments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.5.md)
- [44 CFR § 1.6 § 1.6 Ex parte communications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.6.md)
- [44 CFR § 1.7 § 1.7 Hearings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.7.md)
- [44 CFR § 1.8 § 1.8 Petitions for rulemaking.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.8.md)
- [44 CFR § 1.9 § 1.9 Petitions for reconsideration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.9.md)
- [44 CFR § 2.1 § 2.1 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-2.1.md)
- [44 CFR § 2.2 § 2.2 OMB control numbers assigned to information collections.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-2.2.md)
- [44 CFR § 4.1 § 4.1 What is the purpose of these regulations?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-4.1.md)
- [44 CFR § 4.2 § 4.2 What definitions apply to these regulations?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-4.2.md)
- [44 CFR § 4.3 § 4.3 What programs and activities of FEMA are subject to these regulations?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-4.3.md)

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-44-1.4. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.