[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR20.404]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 20_RULES OF PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND EVIDENCE FOR FORMAL 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COAST GUARD--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart D_Proceedings

 

Sec. 20.404  Interested persons.



    (a) Any person not a party to a class II civil penalty proceeding 

under 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6) who wishes to be an interested person in the 

proceeding shall, 30 days or less after publication in the Federal 

Register of the public notice required by Sec. 20.402, file with the 

Hearing Docket Clerk either--

    (1) Written comments on the proceeding; or

    (2) Written notice of intent to present evidence at any hearing in 

the proceeding.

    (b) The presiding ALJ may, for good cause, accept late comments or 

late notice of intent to present evidence.

    (c) Each interested person shall receive notice of any hearing due 

in the proceeding and of the decision in the proceeding. He or she may 

have a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present evidence in any 

hearing.

    (d) The opportunity secured by paragraph (c) of this section does 

not extend to--

    (1) The issuance of subpoenas for witnesses;

    (2) The cross-examination of witnesses; or

    (3) Appearance at any settlement conference.