[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 47CFR1.18]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 1_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart A_General Rules of Practice and Procedure

 

Sec.  1.18  Administrative Dispute Resolution.



    (a) The Commission has adopted an initial policy statement that 

supports and encourages the use of alternative dispute resolution 

procedures in its administrative proceedings and proceedings in which 

the Commission is a party, including the use of regulatory negotiation 

in Commission rulemaking matters, as authorized under the Administrative 

Dispute Resolution Act and Negotiated Rulemaking Act.

    (b) In accordance with the Commission's policy to encourage the 

fullest possible use of alternative dispute resolution procedures in its 

administrative proceedings, procedures contained in the Administrative 

Dispute Resolution Act, including the provisions dealing with 

confidentiality, shall also be applied in Commission alternative dispute 

resolution proceedings in which the Commission itself is not a party to 

the dispute.



[56 FR 51178, Oct. 10, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 32181, July 21, 1992]