[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: 33CFR20.710]



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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. 20.710  Proposed findings, closing arguments, and briefs.



    (a) Before the ALJ closes the hearing, he or she may hear oral 

argument so far as he or she deems appropriate.

    (b) Before the ALJ decides the case, and upon terms he or she finds 

reasonable, any party may file a brief, proposed findings of fact and 

conclusions of law, or both. Any party may waive this right. If all 

parties waive it, then the ALJ may issue an oral order at the close of 

the hearing.

    (c) Any oral argument, brief, or proposed findings of fact and 

conclusions of law form part of the record of the proceeding, as 

described in Sec. 20.903.