[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 7CFR283.8]



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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 283_APPEALS OF QUALITY CONTROL (``QC'') CLAIMS--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart B_Appeals of QC Claims of $50,000 or More

 

Sec. 283.8  Rebuttal or amendment of appeal or answer.



    (a) Not later than 30 days after FNS submits an answer in accordance 

with Sec. 283.6, the State agency may submit rebuttal evidence.

    (b) At any time prior to the filing of a motion for a hearing 

pursuant to Sec. 283.15(b), the appeal petition or the answer may be 

amended without prior authorization by the ALJ. Thereafter, such an 

amendment may only be made as authorized by the ALJ upon a showing of 

cause.