[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR821.37]

[Page 188]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 821--RULES OF PRACTICE IN AIR SAFETY PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart F--Hearing
 
Sec. 821.37  Notice of hearing.


    (a) Time and location of hearing. The law judge to whom the 
proceeding is assigned (or the chief judge) shall set a reasonable date, 
time and place for the hearing. Except as provided with respect to 
emergency proceedings in Sec. 821.56(a), a written notice of hearing 
shall be served on the parties at least 30 days in advance of the 
hearing. The law judge may set the hearing for a date fewer than 30 days 
after the date of the issuance of the notice of hearing if all of the 
parties consent to an earlier hearing date. In setting the date of the 
hearing, due regard shall be given to the parties' discovery needs. In 
setting the place of the hearing, due regard shall be given to the 
location of the subject incident, the convenience of the parties and 
their witnesses, and the conservation of Board funds. Another relevant 
factor in determining the place of the hearing is the convenience of the 
hearing site to scheduled transportation service. Only in the most 
extraordinary circumstances may consideration be given to locating a 
hearing in a foreign country.
    (b) Hearing in several sessions. Where appropriate, the law judge 
may hold a hearing in more than one session, at the same or different 
locations.