[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR202.3]

[Page 30-31]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER II--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
      (PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS PROGRAMS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 202_RULES OF PRACTICE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE 
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 202.3  Institution of proceedings.

    (a) Informal complaint. Any interested person desiring to complain 
of the lawfulness of any rate or charge made or proposed to be made for 
any stockyard service furnished at a stockyard by a stockyard owner or 
market agency, or rule, regulation or practice affecting any such rate 
or charge, may file an informal complaint with the Administrator.
    (b) Investigation. If there appears to be any reasonable ground for 
doing so, the Administrator will investigate the matter complained of. 
If the Administrator reasonably believes that there are not sufficient 
facts to form the basis for further proceeding, the matter may be 
dropped. If it is dropped, the

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person filing the informal complaint will be informed.
    (c) Status of person filing. A person filing an informal complaint 
will be a party to a rate proceeding if the Administrator files such 
person's informal complaint as a formal complaint, or if the Judge 
permits such person to intervene upon written application.
    (d) Formal complaint. A rate proceeding may be instituted only upon 
filing of a formal complaint by the Administrator. A formal complaint 
may be filed on the initiative of the Administrator, or on the basis of 
an informal complaint, or by filing the informal complaint as a formal 
complaint. A formal complaint filed by the Administrator, or a summary 
thereof, will be published in the Federal Register, together with notice 
of the time by which, and the place where, any interested person may 
file a written request to be heard.