[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR283.8]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 283--APPEALS OF QUALITY CONTROL (``QC'') CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart B--Appeals of QC Claims of $50,000 or More
 
Sec. 283.8  Rebuttal or amendment of appeal or answer.

    (a) Not later than 30 days after FNS submits an answer in accordance 
with Sec. 283.6, the State agency may submit rebuttal evidence.
    (b) At any time prior to the filing of a motion for a hearing 
pursuant to Sec. 283.15(b), the appeal petition or the

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answer may be amended without prior authorization by the ALJ. 
Thereafter, such an amendment may only be made as authorized by the ALJ 
upon a showing of cause.