[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: 49CFR821.63]

[Page 194]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 821--RULES OF PRACTICE IN AIR SAFETY PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart J--Ex Parte Communications
 
Sec. 821.63  Requirement to show cause and imposition of sanction.

    (a) Upon receipt of a communication made or knowingly caused to be 
made by a party in violation of Sec. 821.61, the presiding law judge (or 
the chief law judge, if the proceeding has not been assigned to a law 
judge) or the Board may, to the extent consistent with the interests of 
justice and the policy of the underlying statutes it administers, 
require the party to show cause why its claim or interest in the 
proceeding should not be dismissed, denied, disregarded or otherwise 
adversely affected on account of such violation.
    (b) The Board may, to the extent consistent with the interest of 
justice and the policy of the underlying statutes it administers, 
consider a violation of Sec. 821.61 sufficient grounds for a decision 
adverse to a party who has knowingly committed or knowingly caused such 
a violation to occur. Alternatively, the Board may impose a sanction on 
the party's attorney or representative, including suspending or barring 
the attorney or representative from practicing before it, where such 
action would be appropriate and penalizing the party represented would 
not be in the interest of justice.