[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1503.209]

[Page 257-258]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1503_INVESTIGATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart G_Rules of Practice in Transportation Security Administration 
                       (TSA) Civil Penalty Actions
 
Sec. 1503.209  Answer.

    (a) Writing required. A respondent must file a written answer to the 
complaint, or may file a written motion pursuant to Sec. 
1503.218(f)(1)-(4) instead of filing an answer, not later than 30 days 
after service of the complaint. The answer may be in the form of a 
letter but must be dated and signed by the person responding to the 
complaint. An answer may be typewritten or may be legibly handwritten.
    (b) Filing and address. A person filing an answer must personally 
deliver or mail the original and one copy of the answer for filing with 
the Enforcement Docket Clerk, not later than 30 days after service of 
the complaint. Filing must be made by mail to the U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, Office of the 
Chief Counsel, TSA-2, Attention: Enforcement Docket Clerk, 601 South 
12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220 or by personal delivery to TSA 
Enforcement Docket, TSA Headquarters, Visitor Center, 701 South 12th 
Street, Arlington, Virginia 22202. The person filing an answer should 
suggest a location for the hearing when filing the answer.
    (c) Service. A person filing an answer must serve a copy of the 
answer on the

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agency attorney who filed the complaint.
    (d) Contents. An answer must specifically state any affirmative 
defense that the respondent intends to assert at the hearing. A person 
filing an answer may include a brief statement of any relief requested 
in the answer.
    (e) Specific denial of allegations required. A person filing an 
answer must admit, deny, or state that the person is without sufficient 
knowledge or information to admit or deny, each numbered paragraph of 
the complaint. Any statement or allegation contained in the complaint 
that is not specifically denied in the answer may be deemed an admission 
of the truth of that allegation. A general denial of the complaint is 
deemed a failure to file an answer.
    (f) Failure to file answer. A person's failure to file an answer 
without good cause will be deemed an admission of the truth of each 
allegation contained in the complaint.

[67 FR 51483, Aug. 8, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 49720, Aug. 19, 2003; 68 
FR 58281, Oct. 9, 2003]