[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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

[CITE: 9CFR202.3]



[Page 30-31]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

  CHAPTER II--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 

      (PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS PROGRAMS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 202_RULES OF PRACTICE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PACKERS

AND STOCKYARDS ACT--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 202.3  Institution of proceedings.



    (a) Informal complaint. Any interested person desiring to complain 

of the lawfulness of any rate or charge made or proposed to be made for 

any stockyard service furnished at a stockyard by a stockyard owner or 

market agency, or rule, regulation or practice affecting any such rate 

or charge, may file an informal complaint with the Administrator.

    (b) Investigation. If there appears to be any reasonable ground for 

doing so, the Administrator will investigate the matter complained of. 

If the Administrator reasonably believes that there are not sufficient 

facts to form the basis for further proceeding, the matter may be 

dropped. If it is dropped, the person filing the informal complaint will 

be informed.

    (c) Status of person filing. A person filing an informal complaint 

will be a party to a rate proceeding if the Administrator files such 

person's informal complaint as a formal complaint, or if the Judge 

permits such person to intervene upon written application.



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    (d) Formal complaint. A rate proceeding may be instituted only upon 

filing of a formal complaint by the Administrator. A formal complaint 

may be filed on the initiative of the Administrator, or on the basis of 

an informal complaint, or by filing the informal complaint as a formal 

complaint. A formal complaint filed by the Administrator, or a summary 

thereof, will be published in the Federal Register, together with notice 

of the time by which, and the place where, any interested person may 

file a written request to be heard.