[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR327.5]

[Page 463]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 327_PUBLIC HEARINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  327.5  Presiding officer.

    (a) The district engineer, in whose district a matter arises, shall 
normally serve as the presiding officer. When the district engineer is 
unable to serve, he may designate the deputy district engineer or other 
qualified person as presiding officer. In cases of unusual interest, the 
Chief of Engineers or the division engineer may appoint such person as 
he deems appropriate to serve as the presiding officer.
    (b) The presiding officer shall include in the administrative record 
of the permit action the request or requests for the hearing and any 
data or material submitted in justification thereof, materials submitted 
in opposition to or in support of the proposed action, the hearing 
transcript, and such other material as may be relevant or pertinent to 
the subject matter of the hearing. The administrative record shall be 
available for public inspection with the exception of material exempt 
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.