[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 43CFR4.3]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

PART 4_DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart A_General; Office of Hearings and Appeals

 

Sec.  4.3  Representation before appeals boards.



    (a) Appearances generally. Representation of parties in proceedings 

before Appeals Boards of the Office of Hearings and Appeals is governed 

by Part 1 of this subtitle, which regulates practice before the 

Department of the Interior.

    (b) Representation of the Government. Department counsel designated 

by the Solicitor of the Department to represent agencies, bureaus, and 

offices of the Department of the Interior in proceedings before the 

Office of Hearings and Appeals, and Government counsel for other 

agencies, bureaus or offices of the Federal Government involved in any 

proceeding before the Office of Hearings and Appeals, shall represent 

the Government agency in the same manner as a private advocate 

represents a client.

    (c) Appearances as amicus curiae. Any person desiring to appear as 

amicus curiae in any proceeding shall make timely request stating the 

grounds for such request. Permission to appear, if granted, will be for 

such purposes as established by the Director or the Appeals Board in the 

proceeding.