15 CFR § 906.13 - Failure to appear.

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title: "15 CFR § 906.13 - Failure to appear."
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title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "906.13"
section_name: "Failure to appear."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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# 906.13 Failure to appear.

If any party fails to appear at a pre-hearing conference or hearing after proper notice, an appellate officer may:

(a) Dismiss the case, or;

(b) Deem the failure of a party to appear after proper notice a waiver of any right to a hearing and consent to the making of a decision based on the NAO case record.