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Section 16.13
ments filed electronically shall be
deemed to be filed on the date shown
on the certificate of service or, if none,
the date of electronic transmission to
the last party required to be served.
(c) Number of copies. With the exception of electronic filing or unless otherwise specified, an executed original
and three copies of each document
shall be filed with the FAA Part 16
Docket Clerk. One of the three copies
shall not be stapled, bound or holepunched. Copies need not be signed, but
the name of the person signing the
original shall be shown. If a hearing
order has been issued in the case, one
of the three copies shall be filed with
the hearing officer unless otherwise
prescribed by the hearing officer.
(d) Form. Documents filed under this
part shall:
(1) Be typewritten or legibly printed;
(2) Include, in the case of docketed
proceedings, the docket number of the
proceeding on the front page; and
(3) Be marked to identify personal,
privileged or proprietary information.
Decisions for the publication and release of these documents will be made
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552 and 49
CFR part 7.
(e) Signing of documents and other papers. The original of every document
filed shall be signed by the person filing it or the person-s duly authorized
representative. The signature shall
serve as a certification that the signer
has read the document and, based on
reasonable inquiry and to the best of
the signer-s knowledge, information,
and belief, the document is - 
(1) Consistent with this part;
(2) Warranted by existing law or that
a good faith argument exists for extension, modification, or reversal of existing law; and
(3) Not interposed for any improper
purpose, such as to harass or to cause
unnecessary delay or needless increase
in the cost of the administrative process.
(f) Designation of person to receive service. The initial document filed by any
person shall state on the first page the
name, physical address, telephone
number, facsimile number, if any, and
email address, if filing electronically,
of the person(s) to be served with documents in the proceeding. If any of these

for extension of time to make an appeal, will be addressed by the Associate
Administrator.
(d) The Director may transfer to the
FAA Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Civil Rights or Office of Civil
Rights designee the authority to prepare and issue Director-s Determinations pursuant to Section 16.31 for complaints
alleging violations of section 505(d) of
the Airport and Airway Improvement
Act of 1982, and the requirements concerning civil rights and/or Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) issues
contained in 49 U.S.C. 47107(e) and 49
U.S.C. 47113; 49 U.S.C. 47123; 49 U.S.C.
322, as amended; 49 CFR parts 23 and/or
26; and/or grant assurance 30 and/or
grant assurance 37.

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[Doc. No. 27783, 61 FR 54004, Oct. 16, 1996, as
amended at Amdt. 16-1, 78 FR 56142, Sept. 12,
2013]

Section 16.13 Filing of documents.
Except as otherwise provided in this
part, documents shall be filed with the
FAA during a proceeding under this
part as follows:
(a) Filing address. Documents filed
under this Part shall be filed with the
Office of the Chief Counsel, Attention:
FAA Part 16 Docket Clerk, AGC-600,
Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC 20591. Documents to be filed with a
hearing officer shall be filed at the address and in the manner stated in the
hearing order.
(b) Date and method of filing. Filing of
any document shall be by personal delivery or mail as defined in this part,
by facsimile (when confirmed by filing
on the same date by one of the foregoing methods), or electronically as set
forth in paragraph (h) of this section.
Unless the date is shown to be inaccurate, documents filed with the FAA
shall be deemed to be filed on the date
of personal delivery, on the mailing
date shown on the certificate of service, on the date shown on the postmark
if there is no certificate of service, on
the send date shown on the facsimile
(provided filing has been confirmed
through one of the foregoing methods),
or on the mailing date shown by other
evidence if there is no certificate of
service and no postmark. Unless the
date is shown to be inaccurate, docu-

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