[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1463.11]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1463_2005	2014 TOBACCO TRANSITION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart A_Tobacco Transition Assessments
 
Sec. 1463.11  Appeals and judicial review.

    (a) An entity may appeal any adverse determination made under this 
subpart, including with respect to the amount of the assessment, by 
submitting a written statement that sets forth the basis of the dispute 
by submitting such a request to the Executive Vice President, CCC, at 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4080-S, Washington DC 20250-0514, 
within 30 business days of the date of receipt of the notification by 
CCC of its determination.
    (b) The Executive Vice President shall assign a person to act as the 
hearing officer on behalf of CCC. The duty of the hearing officer will 
be to develop an administrative record that will provide the Executive 
Vice President, or a designee, with sufficient information to render a 
final determination on the matter in dispute. The hearing to be 
conducted by the hearing officer will be an informal hearing at which 
the appellant may present oral and written evidence in support of the 
appellant's position. A copy of the rules of conduct that will be 
applicable to the proceeding will be provided to the appellant upon 
receipt of the appeal by CCC.
    (c) With respect to any appeal filed under this section regarding an 
assessment imposed on a domestic manufacturer or importer of tobacco 
products, the rules of conduct will provide that within 30 calendar days 
of receiving the final submission of material by the appellant, CCC will 
render a final administrative decision. In the event CCC has not 
rendered a decision by such date, all administrative remedies available 
to the appellant shall be deemed to be exhausted.
    (d) Any domestic manufacturer or importer of tobacco products 
aggrieved by a determination made by CCC under this subpart may seek 
review of the determination upon the exhaustion of the administrative 
remedies provided by this part in the United States District Court for 
the District of Columbia, or for the district in which such importer or 
manufacturer has its principal place of business.