[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR302.6]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 302_RULES OF PRACTICE IN PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart A_Rules of General Applicability

 

Sec. 302.6  Responsive documents.



    (a) Answers. Answers to applications, complaints, petitions, motions 

or other documents or orders instituting proceedings may be filed by any 

person. In hearing cases, answers may be filed by any party to such 

proceedings or any person who has a petition for intervention pending. 

Except as otherwise provided, answers are not required.

    (b) Further responsive documents. Except as otherwise provided, a 

reply to an answer, reply to a reply, or any further responsive document 

is not authorized.

    (c) Motions for leave to file otherwise unauthorized documents. (1) 

The Department will accept otherwise unauthorized documents for filing 

only if leave has been obtained from the DOT decisionmaker or, if 

applicable, the administrative law judge, on written motion and for good 

cause shown.

    (2) Such motions shall contain a concise statement of the matters 

relied upon as good cause and shall be attached to the pleading or other 

document for which leave to file is sought, or the written motion may be 

incorporated into the otherwise unauthorized document for which 

admission is sought. In such event, the document filed shall be titled 

to describe both the motion and the underlying documents.

    (3) Where unauthorized responsive documents are not permitted, all 

new matter contained in an answer filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of 

this section shall be deemed controverted.

    (d) Time for filing. Except as otherwise provided, an answer, 

motion, or other further responsive document shall be filed within seven 

(7) days after service of any document, order, or ruling to which the 

proposed filing is responsive and must be served on all parties to the 

proceeding.