[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR89.128]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 89--CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW AND IN-USE NONROAD COMPRESSION-IGNITION 
ENGINES--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart B--Emission Standards and Certification Provisions
 
Sec. 89.128  Hearing procedures.

    (a)(1) After granting a request for a hearing the Administrator 
shall designate a Presiding Officer for the hearing.
    (2) The hearing will be held as soon as practicable at a time and 
place determined by the Administrator or by the Presiding Officer.
    (3) The Administrator may, at his or her discretion, direct that all 
argument

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and presentation of evidence be concluded within a specified period 
established by the Administrator. Said period may be no less than 30 
days from the date that the first written offer of a hearing is made to 
the manufacturer. To expedite proceedings, the Administrator may direct 
that the decision of the Presiding Officer (who may, but need not, be 
the Administrator) shall be the final EPA decision.
    (b)(1) Upon appointment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, 
the Presiding Officer will establish a hearing file. The file shall 
consist of the following:
    (i) The determination issued by the Administrator under 
Sec. 89.126(d);
    (ii) The request for a hearing and the supporting data submitted 
therewith;
    (iii) All documents relating to the request for certification and 
all documents submitted therewith; and
    (iv) Correspondence and other data material to the hearing.
    (2) The hearing file will be available for inspection by the 
applicant at the office of the Presiding Officer.
    (c) An applicant may appear in person or may be represented by 
counsel or by any other duly authorized representative.
    (d)(1) The Presiding Officer, upon the request of any party or at 
his or her discretion, may arrange for a prehearing conference at a time 
and place he/she specifies. Such prehearing conference will consider the 
following:
    (i) Simplification of the issues;
    (ii) Stipulations, admissions of fact, and the introduction of 
documents;
    (iii) Limitation of the number of expert witnesses;
    (iv) Possibility of agreement disposing of any or all of the issues 
in dispute; and
    (v) Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the hearing, 
including such additional tests as may be agreed upon by the parties.
    (2) The results of the conference shall be reduced to writing by the 
Presiding Officer and made part of the record.
    (e)(1) Hearings shall be conducted by the Presiding Officer in an 
informal but orderly and expeditious manner. The parties may offer oral 
or written evidence, subject to the exclusion by the Presiding Officer 
of irrelevant, immaterial, and repetitious evidence.
    (2) Witnesses will not be required to testify under oath. However, 
the Presiding Officer shall call to the attention of witnesses that 
their statements may be subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1001 
which imposes penalties for knowingly making false statements or 
representations or using false documents in any matter within the 
jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States.
    (3) Any witness may be examined or cross-examined by the Presiding 
Officer, the parties, or their representatives.
    (4) Hearings shall be reported verbatim. Copies of transcripts of 
proceedings may be purchased by the applicant from the reporter.
    (5) All written statements, charts, tabulations, and similar data 
offered in evidence at the hearings shall, upon a showing satisfactory 
to the Presiding Officer of their authenticity, relevancy, and 
materiality, be received in evidence and shall constitute a part of the 
record.
    (6) Oral argument may be permitted at the discretion of the 
Presiding Officer and shall be reported as part of the record unless 
otherwise ordered by the Presiding Officer.
    (f)(1) The Presiding Officer shall make an initial decision which 
shall include written findings and conclusions and the reasons or basis 
regarding all the material issues of fact, law, or discretion presented 
on the record. The findings, conclusions, and written decision shall be 
provided to the parties and made a part of the record. The initial 
decision shall become the decision of the Administrator without further 
proceedings, unless there is an appeal to the Administrator or motion 
for review by the Administrator within 20 days of the date the initial 
decision was filed. If the Administrator has determined under paragraph 
(a) of this section that the decision of the Presiding Officer is final, 
there is no right of appeal to the Administrator.
    (2) On appeal from or review of the initial decision, the 
Administrator shall have all the powers which he or she would have in 
making the initial

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decision, including the discretion to require or allow briefs, oral 
argument, the taking of additional evidence, or the remanding to the 
Presiding Officer for additional proceedings. The decision by the 
Administrator may adopt the original decision or shall include written 
findings and conclusions and the reasons or basis therefor on all the 
material issues of fact, law, or discretion presented on the appeal or 
considered in the review.

[59 FR 31335, June 17, 1994. Redesignated at 63 FR 56995, Oct. 23, 1998]