Section 242.503 - Petition requirements(a) To obtain review of a railroad's decision to deny certification, deny recertification, or revoke certification, a person shall file a petition for review that complies with this section.(b) Each petition shall:(2) Be filed with the Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations (M-30), West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. The form of such request may be in written or electronic form consistent with the standards and requirements established by the Federal Docket Management System and posted on its Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.(3) Contain all available information that the person thinks supports the person's belief that the railroad acted improperly, including:(i) The petitioner's full name;(ii) The petitioner's current mailing address;(iii) The petitioner's daytime telephone number;(iv) The petitioner's email address (if available);(v) The name and address of the railroad; and(vi) The facts that the petitioner believes constitute the improper action by the railroad, specifying the locations, dates, and identities of all persons who were present or involved in the railroad's actions (to the degree known by the petitioner);(4) Explain the nature of the remedial action sought;(5) Be supplemented by a copy of all written documents in the petitioner's possession or reasonably available to the petitioner that document that railroad's decision; and(6) Be filed in a timely manner.(7) Be supplemented, if requested by the Operating Crew Review Board, with a copy of the information under 49 CFR 40.329 that laboratories, medical review officers, and other service agents are required to release to employees. The petitioner must provide written explanation in response to an Operating Crew Review Board request if written documents that should be reasonably available to the petitioner are not supplied.(c) A petition seeking review of a railroad's decision to deny certification or recertification or revoke certification in accordance with the procedures required by § 242.407 filed with FRA more than 120 days after the date the railroad's denial or revocation decision was served on the petitioner will be denied as untimely except that the Operating Crew Review Board for cause shown may extend the petition filing period at any time in its discretion: (1) Provided that the request for extension is filed before the expiration of the period provided in this paragraph (c); or(2) Provided that the failure to file timely was the result of excusable neglect.(d) A party aggrieved by a Board decision to deny a petition as untimely or not in compliance with the requirements of this section may file an appeal with the Administrator in accordance with § 242.511 .76 FR 69841, Nov. 9, 2011, as amended at 85 FR 81325, Dec. 15, 2020