[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: 50CFR228.20]

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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. 228.20  Recommended decision, certification of the transcript 

and submission of comments on the recommended decision.

    (a) Promptly after expiration of the period for receiving written 
briefs, the presiding officer shall make a recommended decision based on 
the record and transmit the decision to the Assistant Administrator. The 
recommended decision shall include:
    (1) A statement containing a description of the history of the 
proceedings;
    (2) Findings on the issues of fact with the reasons therefor; and
    (3) Rulings on issues of law.
    (b) The presiding officer shall also transmit to the Assistant 
Administrator the transcript of the hearing, the original and all copies 
of the direct testimony, and written comments. The presiding officer 
shall attach to the original transcript of the hearing a certificate 
stating that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the transcript is 
a true transcript of the testimony given at the hearing except in such 
particulars as are specified.
    (c) Immediately after receipt of the recommended decision, the 
Assistant Administrator shall give notice thereof in the Federal 
Register, send copies of the recommended decision to all parties, and 
provide opportunity for the submission of comments. The recommended 
decision may be reviewed and/or copied in the office of the Assistant 
Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
    (d) Within 20 days after the notice of receipt of the recommended 
decision

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has been published in the Federal Register, any interested person may 
file with the Assistant Administrator any written comments on the 
recommended decision. All comments, including recommendations from or 
consultation with the Marine Mammal Commission, must be submitted during 
the 20-day period to the Assistant Administrator at the previously 
mentioned address.