[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 23]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR179.98]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 179_FORMAL EVIDENTIARY PUBLIC HEARING--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart E_Hearing Procedures

 

Sec.  179.98  Briefs and arguments.



    (a) Promptly after the taking of evidence is completed, the 

presiding officer will announce a schedule for the filing of briefs. 

Briefs must include a statement of position on each issue, with specific 

and complete citations to the evidence and points of law relied on. 

Briefs must contain proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

    (b) The presiding officer may, as a matter of discretion, permit 

oral argument after the briefs are filed.