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§ 17.61 

the subpoena is issued on behalf of the 
Product Team, money payments need 
not be tendered in advance of attend-
ance. The person serving the subpoena 
or order shall file a declaration of serv-
ice with the ODRA, executed in the 
form required by 28 U.S.C. 1746. The 
declaration of service shall be filed 
promptly with the ODRA, and before 
the date on which the person served 
must respond to the subpoena or order. 

(e) Upon written motion by the per-

son subpoenaed or ordered under this 
section, or by a party, made within ten 
(10) business days after service, but in 
any event not later than the time spec-
ified in the subpoena or order for com-
pliance, the DRO may— 

(1) Rescind or modify the subpoena or 

order if it is unreasonable and oppres-
sive or for other good cause shown, or 

(2) Require the party on whose behalf 

the subpoena or order was issued to ad-
vance the reasonable cost of producing 
documentary evidence. Where cir-
cumstances require, the DRO may act 
upon such a motion at any time after a 
copy has been served upon all parties. 

(f) The party that requests the DRO 

to issue a subpoena or order under this 
section shall be responsible for the pay-
ment of fees and mileage, as required 
by 49 U.S.C. 46104(d), for witnesses, offi-
cers who serve the order, and the offi-
cer before whom a deposition is taken. 

(g) Subpoenas and orders issued 

under this section may be enforced in a 
judicial proceeding under 49 U.S.C. 
46104(b). 

§ 17.55

Standing orders of the ODRA 

Director. 

The Director may issue such Stand-

ing Orders as necessary for the orderly 
conduct of business before the ODRA. 

Subpart G—Pre-Disputes 

§ 17.57

Dispute resolution process for 

Pre-disputes. 

(a) All potential disputes arising 

under contracts or solicitations with 
the FAA may be resolved with the con-
sent of the parties to the dispute under 
this subpart. 

(b) Pre-disputes shall be filed with 

the ODRA pursuant to § 17.59. 

(c) The time limitations for the filing 

of Protests and Contract Disputes es-

tablished in §§ 17.15(a) and 17.27(c) will 
not be extended by efforts to resolve 
the dispute under this subpart. 

§ 17.59

Filing a Pre-dispute. 

(a) A Pre-dispute must be in writing, 

affirmatively state that it is a Pre-dis-
pute pursuant to this subpart, and 
shall contain: 

(1) The party’s name, address, tele-

phone and Fax numbers and the name, 
address, telephone and Fax numbers of 
the contractor’s legal representative(s) 
(if any); 

(2) The contract or solicitation num-

ber and the name of the Contracting 
Officer; 

(3) A chronological statement of the 

facts and of the legal grounds for the 
party’s positions regarding the dispute 
citing to relevant contract or solicita-
tion provisions and documents and at-
taching copies of those provisions and 
documents; and 

(4) The signature of a duly authorized 

legal representative of the initiating 
party. 

(b) Pre-disputes shall be filed with 

the ODRA, AGC–70, Federal Aviation 
Administration, telephone (202) 267–3290 
as follows: 

(1) 600 Independence Avenue SW., 

Room 2W100, Washington, DC 20591 for 
filing by hand delivery, courier or 
other form of in-person delivery; 

(2) 800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591 [Attention: AGC– 
70, Wilbur Wright Bldg., Room 2W100] 
for filing by U.S. Mail; or 

(3) Numbers (202) 267–3720 or alternate 

(202) 267–1293 for filing by facsimile. 

(c) Upon the filing of a Pre-dispute 

with the ODRA, the ODRA will contact 
the opposing party to offer its services 
pursuant to § 17.57. If the opposing 
party agrees, the ODRA will provide 
Pre-dispute services. If the opposing 
party does not agree, the ODRA Pre- 
dispute file will be closed and no serv-
ice will be provided. 

[76 FR 55221, Sept. 7, 2011, as amended by 
Doc. No. FAA–2017–0075, 82 FR 14429, Mar. 21, 
2017] 

§ 17.61

Use of alternative dispute reso-

lution. 

(a) Only non-binding, voluntary ADR 

will be used to attempt to resolve a 
Pre-dispute pursuant to § 17.37. 

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