§ 386.23 - Content of consent order.

(a) Every agreement filed with the Assistant Administrator under § 386.22 must contain:

(1) An order for the disposition of the case in a form suitable for the Assistant Administrator's signature that has been signed by the respondent;

(2) An admission of all jurisdictional facts;

(3) A waiver of further procedural steps, of the requirement that the decision or order must contain findings of fact and conclusions of law, and of all right to seek judicial review or otherwise challenge or contest the validity of the order;

(4) Provisions that the notice of investigation or settlement agreement may be used to construe the terms of the order;

(5) Provisions that the order has the same force and effect, becomes final, and may be modified, altered, or set aside in the same manner as other orders issued under 49 U.S.C. Chapters 5, 131-149, 311 and 315;

(6) Provisions that the agreement will not be part of the record in the proceeding unless and until the Assistant Administrator executes it.

(b) A consent order may also contain any of the provisions enumerated in § 386.21—Compliance Order.