[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: 33CFR327.9]

[Page 464]
 
                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.  327.9  Filing of the transcript of the public hearing.

    Where the presiding officer is the initial action authority, the 
transcript of the public hearing, together with all evidence introduced 
at the public hearing, shall be made a part of the administrative record 
of the permit action or Federal project. The initial action authority 
shall fully consider the matters discussed at the public hearing in 
arriving at his initial decision or recommendation and shall address, in 
his decision or recommendation, all substantial and valid issues 
presented at the hearing. Where a person other than the initial action 
authority serves as presiding officer, such person shall forward the 
transcript of the public hearing and all evidence received in connection 
therewith to the initial action authority together with a report 
summarizing the issues covered at the hearing. The report of the 
presiding officer and the transcript of the public hearing and evidence 
submitted thereat shall in such cases be fully considered by the initial 
action authority in making his decision or recommendation to higher 
authority as to such permit action or Federal project.