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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 16.13 

the Airport and Airway Improvement 
Act of 1982, and the requirements con-
cerning civil rights and/or Disadvan-
taged 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. 

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

§ 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 ad-
dress and in the manner stated in the 
hearing order. 

(b) 

Date and method of filing. Filing of 

any document shall be by personal de-
livery or mail as defined in this part, 
by facsimile (when confirmed by filing 
on the same date by one of the fore-
going methods), or electronically as set 
forth in paragraph (h) of this section. 
Unless the date is shown to be inac-
curate, 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 serv-
ice, 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-
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 excep-

tion of electronic filing or unless oth-
erwise 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 hole- 
punched. 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 re-
lease 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 pa-

pers.  The original of every document 
filed shall be signed by the person fil-
ing 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 exten-
sion, modification, or reversal of exist-
ing 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 proc-
ess. 

(f) 

Designation of person to receive serv-

ice.  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 docu-
ments in the proceeding. If any of these 
items change during the proceeding, 
the person shall promptly file notice of 
the change with the FAA Part 16 Dock-
et Clerk and the hearing officer and 
shall serve the notice on all parties. 

(g) 

Docket numbers. Each submission 

identified as a complaint under this 
part by the submitting person will be 
assigned a docket number. 

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