[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR4.3]

[Page 48-49]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 4--DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart A--General; Office of Hearings and Appeals
 
Sec. 4.3  Representation before appeals boards.

    (a) Appearances generally. Representation of parties in proceedings 
before

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Appeals Boards of the Office of Hearings and Appeals is governed by Part 
1 of this subtitle, which regulates practice before the Department of 
the Interior.
    (b) Representation of the Government. Department counsel designated 
by the Solicitor of the Department to represent agencies, bureaus, and 
offices of the Department of the Interior in proceedings before the 
Office of Hearings and Appeals, and Government counsel for other 
agencies, bureaus or offices of the Federal Government involved in any 
proceeding before the Office of Hearings and Appeals, shall represent 
the Government agency in the same manner as a private advocate 
represents a client.
    (c) Appearances as amicus curiae. Any person desiring to appear as 
amicus curiae in any proceeding shall make timely request stating the 
grounds for such request. Permission to appear, if granted, will be for 
such purposes as established by the Director or the Appeals Board in the 
proceeding.