[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR904.206]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 904_CIVIL PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C_Hearing and Appeal Procedures
 
Sec. 904.206  Pleadings, motions, and service.

    (a) The original of all pleadings and documents must be filed with 
the Office of Administrative Law Judges and a copy served upon each 
party. All pleadings or documents when submitted for filing must show 
that service has been made upon all parties. Such service must be made 
in accordance with Sec. 904.3(a).
    (b) Pleadings and documents to be filed may be reproduced by 
printing or any other process, provided the copies are clear and 
legible; must be dated, the original signed in ink or as otherwise 
verified for electronic mail; and must show the docket description and 
title of the proceeding, and the title, if any, address, and telephone 
number of the signatory. If typewritten, the impression may be on only 
one side of the paper and must be double spaced, pica type, if possible, 
except that quotations may be single spaced and indented.
    (c) Motions must normally be made in writing and must state clearly 
and concisely the purpose of and relief sought by the motion, the 
statutory or principal authority relied upon, and the facts claimed to 
constitute the grounds requiring the relief requested.
    (d) Unless otherwise provided, the answer to any written motion, 
pleading, or petition must be served within 20 days after date of 
service thereof. If a motion states that opposing counsel has no 
objection, it may be acted upon as soon as practicable, without awaiting 
the expiration of the 20-day period. Answers must be in writing, unless 
made in response to an oral motion made at a hearing; must fully and 
completely advise the parties and the Judge concerning the nature of the 
opposition; must admit or deny specifically and in detail each material 
allegation of the pleading answered; and must state clearly and 
concisely the facts and matters of law relied upon. Any new matter 
raised in an answer will be deemed controverted.
    (e) A response to an answer will be called a reply. A short reply 
restricted to new matters may be served within 15 days of service of an 
answer. The Judge has discretion to dispense with the reply. No further 
responses are permitted.