[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: 49CFR821.42]

[Page 188]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 821--RULES OF PRACTICE IN AIR SAFETY PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart G--Initial Decision
 
Sec. 821.42  Initial decision by law judge.


    (a) Written or oral decision. The law judge may render his or her 
initial decision orally at the close of the hearing, or in writing at a 
later date, except as provided with respect to emergency proceedings in 
Sec. 821.56(c).
    (b) Content. The initial decision shall include findings and 
conclusions upon all material issues of fact, credibility of witnesses, 
law and discretion presented on the record, together with a statement of 
the reasons therefor.
    (c) Furnishing parties with, and issuance date of, oral decision. If 
the initial decision is rendered orally, a copy thereof, excerpted from 
the hearing transcript, shall be furnished to the parties by the Office 
of Administrative Law Judges. Irrespective of the date on which the copy 
of the decision is transmitted to the parties, the issuance date of the 
decision shall be the date on which it was orally rendered.