250.23—Procedure applicable to certain applications and declarations.
(a) Scope of rule.
The provisions of this section apply to applications under sections 6(b), 9(c)(3) and 10 of the Act (49 Stat. 814, 49 Stat. 817, 49 Stat. 818; 15 U.S.C. 79f, 79i, 79j) or § 250.50 and declarations pursuant to sections 7, 12(b), 12(c), 12(d), and 12(f) of the Act (49 Stat. 815, 49 Stat. 823; 15 U.S.C. 79g, 79
l) and any rule of the Commission thereunder, to declarations under § 250.65, and to declarations regarding proposed accounting entries subject to instruction 8C of the Uniform System of Accounts for Public Utility Holding Companies.
(b) Designation of filings as applications or declarations.
Any filing as to any matter specified in paragraph (a) of this section shall be designated an application, if filed pursuant to section 6(b), 9(c)(3) or 10 of the Act (49 Stat. 814, 817, 818; 15 U.S.C. 79f, 79i, 79j) or § 250.50, and shall be designated a declaration with respect to any other matter specified in paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Effective date.
A declaration or application, which complies with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will become effective or be granted respectively by an order to issue upon the expiration of the period prescribed in the notice of filing.
(d) Effect of order for hearing.
If the Commission deems that a hearing is appropriate in the public interest or the interest of investors or consumers, it will issue an order for hearing thereon, and in that event a declaration or application shall not become effective or be granted except pursuant to further order of the Commission.
(e) Notice of filing.
The Commission will publish in the Federal Register notice of the filing of a declaration or application, stating the earliest date upon which such declaration or application, as filed or as amended, may be permitted to become effective or be granted. Any interested person may, not later than fifteen days after the publication of such notice or such other date as may be fixed therein, request the Commission in writing that a hearing be held, stating his reasons therefor and the nature of his interest.