[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR302.6]

[Page 281]
 
                     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. 302.6  Responsive documents.

    (a) Answers. Answers to applications, complaints, petitions, motions 
or other documents or orders instituting proceedings may be filed by any 
person. In hearing cases, answers may be filed by any party to such 
proceedings or any person who has a petition for intervention pending. 
Except as otherwise provided, answers are not required.
    (b) Further responsive documents. Except as otherwise provided, a 
reply to an answer, reply to a reply, or any further responsive document 
is not authorized.
    (c) Motions for leave to file otherwise unauthorized documents. (1) 
The Department will accept otherwise unauthorized documents for filing 
only if leave has been obtained from the DOT decisionmaker or, if 
applicable, the administrative law judge, on written motion and for good 
cause shown.
    (2) Such motions shall contain a concise statement of the matters 
relied upon as good cause and shall be attached to the pleading or other 
document for which leave to file is sought, or the written motion may be 
incorporated into the otherwise unauthorized document for which 
admission is sought. In such event, the document filed shall be titled 
to describe both the motion and the underlying documents.
    (3) Where unauthorized responsive documents are not permitted, all 
new matter contained in an answer filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of 
this section shall be deemed controverted.
    (d) Time for filing. Except as otherwise provided, an answer, 
motion, or other further responsive document shall be filed within seven 
(7) days after service of any document, order, or ruling to which the 
proposed filing is responsive and must be served on all parties to the 
proceeding.