[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR228.19]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 228_NOTICE AND HEARING ON SECTION 103(d) REGULATIONS--Table 
 
Sec. 228.19  Oral and written arguments.

    (a) The presiding officer may, in his or her discretion, provide for 
oral argument at the end of the hearing. Such argument, when permitted, 
may be limited by the presiding officer to the extent necessary for the 
expeditious disposition of the proceeding.
    (b) The presiding officer shall announce at the hearing a reasonable 
period of time within which any interested person may file with the 
presiding officer any written comments on the proposed regulations and 
waiver, including proposed findings and conclusions and written 
arguments or briefs, which are based upon the record and citing where 
practicable the relevant page or pages of the transcript. If a party 
filing a brief desires the presiding officer to reconsider any objection 
made by such party to a ruling of the presiding officer, the party shall 
specifically identify such rulings by reference to the pertinent pages 
of the transcript and shall state their arguments thereon as a part of 
the brief.
    (c) Oral or written arguments shall be limited to issues arising 
from direct testimony on the record.