[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR71.36]

[Page 360-361]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 71_RULES OF PRACTICE IN PERMIT PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Compliance and Settlement
 
Sec.  71.36  General.

    In all proceedings in which a permittee is cited to show cause why 
the permit should not be suspended, revoked or annulled, the permittee 
shall be afforded opportunity for the submission and consideration of 
facts, arguments, offers of settlement, or proposals of adjustment, 
where time, the nature of the proceeding, and the public interest 
permit. Such submittals should be made to the appropriate TTB officer, 
but may be made through the attorney for the Government. Where 
necessary, the date of the hearing may be postponed, pending 
consideration of such proposals, when they are made in good faith and 
not for the purpose of delay. If proposals of settlement are submitted, 
and they are considered unsatisfactory, the appropriate TTB officer may 
reject the proposals and may, either directly or through the attorney 
for the Government, inform the permittee of any conditions on which the 
alleged violations may be settled. If the proposals of settlement are 
considered satisfactory to the appropriate TTB officer, the permittee 
shall be notified thereof and the proceeding shall be dismissed, unless 
such proposals of

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settlement include a monetary offer in compromise considered 
satisfactory to the appropriate TTB officer, in which event the 
proceeding shall be held in abeyance pending final action on such 
monetary offer in compromise.

[T.D. ATF-244, 51 FR 45762, Dec. 22, 1986, as amended by T.D. ATF-374, 
61 FR 29957, June 13, 1996]