[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR210.24]

[Page 143-144]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                 CHAPTER II--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 210--ADJUDICATION AND ENFORCEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart D--Motions
 
Sec. 210.24  Interlocutory appeals.

    Rulings by the administrative law judge on motions may not be 
appealed to the Commission prior to the administrative law judge's 
issuance of an initial determination, except in the following 
circumstances:
    (a) Appeals without leave of the administrative law judge. The 
Commission may in its discretion entertain interlocutory appeals, except 
as provided in Sec. 210.64, when a ruling of the administrative law 
judge:
    (1) Requires the disclosure of Commission records or requires the 
appearance of Government officials pursuant to Sec. 210.32(c)(2); or
    (2) Denies an application for intervention under Sec. 210.19. 
Appeals from such rulings may be sought by filing an application for 
review, not to exceed 15 pages, with the Commission within five days 
after service of the administrative law judge's ruling. An answer to the 
application for review may be filed within five days after service of 
the application. The application for review should specify the person or 
party taking the appeal, designate the ruling or part thereof from which 
appeal is being taken, and specify the reasons and present arguments as 
to why review is being sought. The Commission may, upon its own motion, 
enter an order staying the return date of an order

[[Page 144]]

issued by the administrative law judge pursuant to Sec. 210.32(c)(2) or 
may enter an order placing the matter on the Commission's docket for 
review. Any order placing the matter on the Commission's docket for 
review will set forth the scope of the review and the issues that will 
be considered and will make provision for the filing of briefs if deemed 
appropriate by the Commission.
    (b) Appeals with leave of the administrative law judge. (1) Except 
as otherwise provided in paragraph (a) of this section, Sec. 210.64, and 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section, applications for review of a ruling by 
an administrative law judge may be allowed only upon request made to the 
administrative law judge and upon determination by the administrative 
law judge in writing, with justification in support thereof, that the 
ruling involves a controlling question of law or policy as to which 
there is substantial ground for difference of opinion, and that either 
an immediate appeal from the ruling may materially advance the ultimate 
completion of the investigation or subsequent review will be an 
inadequate remedy.
    (2) Applications for review of a ruling by an administrative law 
judge under Sec. 210.5(e)(1) as to whether information designated 
confidential by the supplier is entitled to confidential treatment under 
Sec. 210.5(b) may be allowed only upon request made to the 
administrative law judge and upon determination by the administrative 
law judge in writing, with justification in support thereof.
    (3) A written application for review under paragraph (b)(1) or 
(b)(2) of this section shall not exceed 15 pages and may be filed within 
five days after service of the administrative law judge's determination. 
An answer to the application for review may be filed within five days 
after service of the application for review. Thereupon, the Commission 
may, in its discretion, permit an appeal. Unless otherwise ordered by 
the Commission, Commission review, if permitted, shall be confined to 
the application for review and answer thereto, without oral argument or 
further briefs.
    (c) Investigation not stayed. Application for review under this 
section shall not stay the investigation before the administrative law 
judge unless the administrative law judge or the Commission shall so 
order.

[59 FR 39039, Aug. 1, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 67627, Dec. 30, 1994]