15 CFR § 906.12 - Closing the evidentiary portion of the NAO case record.

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title: "15 CFR § 906.12 - Closing the evidentiary portion of the NAO case record."
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title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
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section_name: "Closing the evidentiary portion of the NAO case record."
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# 906.12 Closing the evidentiary portion of the NAO case record.

(a) At the conclusion of the NAO proceedings, an appellate officer will establish the date upon which the evidentiary portion of the NAO case record will close. Once an appellate officer closes the evidentiary portion of the NAO case record, with or without a hearing, no further submissions or argument will be accepted into the NAO case record.

(b) NAO in its discretion may reopen the evidentiary portion of the NAO case record or request additional information from the parties at any time prior to final agency action.