[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR148.251]

[Page 189]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 148--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Application Proceeding
 
Sec. 148.251  Determination to hold formal hearing: notice of formal hearing.

    (a) After the reports of public hearings are docketed in a 
proceeding, the Commandant determines whether there are specific and 
material factual issues concerning the applications that may be resolved 
by a formal hearing. If he determines that a formal hearing is 
necessary, he issues notice of formal hearing to the applicants, the 
application staff, and the administrative law judge.
    (b) A notice of formal hearing lists the factual issues for 
resolution at the hearing, the applicants, and the administrative law 
judge assigned to conduct the hearing.
    (c) The clerk mails or delivers a copy of the notice of formal 
hearing in a proceeding to each adjacent coastal state and to each 
person who requests notice of formal hearing.