[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR821.37]

[Page 169-170]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
           CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 821_RULES OF PRACTICE IN AIR SAFETY PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart F_Hearing
 
Sec.  821.37  Notice of hearing.


    (a) Time and location of hearing. The law judge to whom the 
proceeding is assigned (or the chief judge) shall set a reasonable date, 
time and place for the

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hearing. Except as provided with respect to emergency proceedings in 
Sec.  821.56(a), a written notice of hearing shall be served on the 
parties at least 30 days in advance of the hearing. The law judge may 
set the hearing for a date fewer than 30 days after the date of the 
issuance of the notice of hearing if all of the parties consent to an 
earlier hearing date. In setting the date of the hearing, due regard 
shall be given to the parties' discovery needs. In setting the place of 
the hearing, due regard shall be given to the location of the subject 
incident, the convenience of the parties and their witnesses, and the 
conservation of Board funds. Another relevant factor in determining the 
place of the hearing is the convenience of the hearing site to scheduled 
transportation service. Only in the most extraordinary circumstances may 
consideration be given to locating a hearing in a foreign country.
    (b) Hearing in several sessions. Where appropriate, the law judge 
may hold a hearing in more than one session, at the same or different 
locations.