Title 46, Part 201 — Rules of Practice and Procedure

Scope of rules.

Mailing address; hours.

Authentication of rules, orders, determinations and decisions of the Administration.

§§ 201.4-201.5 [Reserved]

Documents in foreign languages.

Information; special instructions.

Use of gender and number.

Suspension, amendment, etc., of rules.

Appearance in person or by representative.

Authority for representation.

Written appearance.

Practice before the Administration defined.

Presiding officers.

Attorneys at law.

[Reserved]

Firms and corporations.

[Reserved]

Suspension or disbarment.

Statement of interest.

Former employees.

Parties; how designated.

Public counsel.

Substitution of parties.

Form and appearance of documents filed with the Administration.

Subscription, authentication of documents.

Service by parties.

Date of service.

Certificate of service.

Copies of documents for use of the Administration.

Computation.

Additional time after service by mail.

Extension of time to file documents.

Reduction of time to file documents.

Postponement of hearing.

Petition for issuance, amendment, or repeal of rule or regulation.

Notice of proposed rule making.

Participation in rule making.

Contents of rules.

Effective date of rules.

Commencement of proceedings.

Notice.

Joinder of proceedings.

Declaratory orders.

Petitions—general.

Applications for Government aid.

Amendments or supplements to pleadings.

Petition for leave to intervene.

Motions.

Answers to applications, petitions, or motions.

Commencement of functions of Department of Transportation Office of Hearings.

Presiding officer.

Authority of presiding officer.

Postponement or change of place by presiding officer.

Disqualification of presiding officer.

Filing of motions, answers.

Ruling on motion.

Review of ruling, appeal.

Prehearing conference.

Prehearing rulings.

Opportunity for agreement of parties and settlement of case.

Discovery and production of documents.

Depositions: request for orders to take; time of filing.

Contents of order.

Record of examination; oath; objections.

Submission to witness, changes, signing.

Certification and filing by officer; copies.

Waiver of objections and admissibility.

Time of filing.

Inclusion in record.

Witness fees; expenses of taking depositions.

Application for subpoena ad testificandum.

Application for subpoena duces tecum.

Standards for issuance of subpoena duces tecum.

Service and quashing of subpoenas.

Attendance and mileage fees.

Service of subpoenas.

Subpoena of Administration employees, documents, or things.

Presentation of evidence.

Conduct of the hearing.

Appeal from ruling of presiding officer.

Separation of functions.

Evidence admissible.

Rights of parties as to presentation of evidence.

Unsponsored written material.

Documents containing matter both material and not material.

Records in other proceedings.

Stipulations.

Further evidence required by presiding officer during hearing.

Exceptions to rulings of presiding officer unnecessary.

Offer of proof.

Receipt of documents after hearing.

Official transcript.

Corrections of transcript.

Copies of data or evidence.

Record for decision.

Objections to public disclosure of information.

Briefs; request for findings.

Requests for extension of time for filing briefs.

Reopening of a case by presiding officer prior to decision.

Decisions, authority to make and kinds.

Decisions; contents and service.

Decision based on official notice.

Exceptions to, and review by the Administration of initial or recommended decisions.

Replies to exceptions.

Request for extension of time for filing exceptions and replies thereto.

Certification of record by presiding officer.

Oral argument.

Submission to Administration for final decision.

Stay of Administration's decision.

Time for filing petition to reopen.

Reopening by Administration and modification or setting aside of decision.

Petition for reopening.

Answers to petition to reopen.

General matters.

Improper pressures.

Ex parte communications.

Effective date and applicability of rules.