[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR179.98]

[Page 295]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 179--FORMAL EVIDENTIARY PUBLIC HEARING--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart E--Hearing Procedures
 
Sec. 179.98  Briefs and arguments.

    (a) Promptly after the taking of evidence is completed, the 
presiding officer will announce a schedule for the filing of briefs. 
Briefs must include a statement of position on each issue, with specific 
and complete citations to the evidence and points of law relied on. 
Briefs must contain proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law.
    (b) The presiding officer may, as a matter of discretion, permit 
oral argument after the briefs are filed.