[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 27CFR71.36]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 71--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PERMIT PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D--Compliance and Settlement
 
Sec. 71.36  General.

    In all proceedings in which a permittee is cited to show cause why 
the permit should not be suspended, revoked or annulled, the permittee 
shall be afforded opportunity for the submission and consideration of 
facts, arguments, offers of settlement, or proposals of adjustment, 
where time, the nature of the proceeding, and the public interest 
permit. Such submittals should be made to the director of industry 
operations, but may be made through the attorney for the Government. 
Where necessary, the date of the hearing may be postponed, pending 
consideration of such proposals, when they are made in good faith and 
not for the purpose of delay. If proposals of settlement are submitted, 
and they are considered unsatisfactory, the director of industry 
operations may reject the proposals and may, either directly or through 
the attorney for the Government, inform the permittee of any conditions 
on which the alleged violations may be settled. If the proposals of 
settlement are considered satisfactory to the director of industry 
operations, the permittee shall be notified thereof and the proceeding 
shall be dismissed, unless such proposals of settlement include a 
monetary offer in compromise considered satisfactory to the director of 
industry operations, in which event the proceeding shall be held in 
abeyance pending final action on such monetary offer in compromise.

[T.D. ATF-244, 51 FR 45762, Dec. 22, 1986, as amended by T.D. ATF-374, 
61 FR 29957, June 13, 1996]