[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR302.10]

[Page 277-278]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 302--RULES OF PRACTICE IN PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart A--Rules of General Applicability
 
Sec. 302.10  Parties.

    (a) In addition to the persons set forth in Sec. 302.2, in hearing 
cases, parties shall include Department staff designated to participate 
in the proceeding and any persons authorized to intervene or granted 
permission to participate in accordance with Secs. 302.19 and

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302.20. In any proceeding directly involving air transportation to the 
Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands or Palau, these 
governments or their designated authorities shall be a party.
    (b) Upon motion and for good cause shown, the Department may order a 
substitution of parties, except that in case of the death of a party, 
substitution may be ordered without the filing of a motion.
    (c) An association composed entirely or in part of air carriers may 
participate in any proceedings of the Department to which the 
Department's procedural regulations apply if the association represents 
members that are identified in any documents filed with the Department, 
and that have specifically authorized the positions taken by the 
association in that proceeding. The specific authorizations may be 
informal and evidence of them shall be provided only upon request of the 
Department. Upon motion of any interested person or upon its own 
initiative, the Department may issue an order requiring an association 
to withdraw from a case on the grounds of significant divergence of 
interest or position within the association.