[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: 33CFR20.703]



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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 G_Hearings

 

Sec. 20.703  Presumptions.



    In each administrative hearing, a presumption--

    (a) Imposes on the party against whom it lies the burden of going 

forward with evidence to rebut or meet the presumption; but

    (b) Does not shift the burden of proof in the sense of the risk of 

non-persuasion.