[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: 33CFR148.257]

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                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. 148.257  Authority of the administrative law judge.

    The administrative law judge assigned to a formal hearing may:
    (a) Administer oaths and affirmations;
    (b) Issue subpoenas;
    (c) Adopt procedures for the submission of evidence in written form;
    (d) Rule on offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
    (e) Examine witnesses at the formal hearing;
    (f) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters;
    (g) Convene, recess, reconvene, adjourn, and otherwise regulate the 
course of the formal hearing;
    (h) Certify questions to the Commandant;
    (i) If a party to a formal hearing fails to appear at a session of 
the hearing, proceed with the session without further notice to the 
party;
    (j) Extend or shorten a time prescribed by this subpart to the 
extent consistent with the 240 days time limit prescribed in section 
5(g) of the Act for completing public hearings in a proceeding;
    (k) Prescribe a time for doing an act if the time is not prescribed 
in this subpart; and
    (l) Take any other action authorized by or consistent with this 
subpart, the Act, or 5 U.S.C. 551-559.