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§ 16.203 

(b) Administer oaths and affirma-

tions; 

(c) Issue subpoenas authorized by law 

and issue notices of deposition re-
quested by the parties; 

(d) Limit the frequency and extent of 

discovery; 

(e) Rule on offers of proof; 
(f) Receive relevant and material evi-

dence; 

(g) Regulate the course of the hear-

ing in accordance with the rules of this 
part to avoid unnecessary and duplica-
tive proceedings in the interest of 
prompt and fair resolution of the mat-
ters at issue; 

(h) Hold conferences to settle or to 

simplify the issues by consent of the 
parties; 

(i) Dispose of procedural motions and 

requests; 

(j) Examine witnesses; and 
(k) Make findings of fact and conclu-

sions of law, and issue an initial deci-
sion. 

§ 16.203

Appearances, parties, and 

rights of parties. 

(a) 

Appearances.  Any party may ap-

pear and be heard in person. 

(1) Any party may be accompanied, 

represented, or advised by an attorney 
licensed by a State, the District of Co-
lumbia, or a territory of the United 
States to practice law or appear before 
the courts of that State or territory, or 
by another person authorized by the 
hearing officer to be the party’s rep-
resentative. 

(2) An attorney, or other duly author-

ized representative, who represents a 
party shall file a notice of appearance 
in accordance with § 16.13. 

(b) 

Parties and agency participation. 

(1) The parties to the hearing are the 

complainant(s) and respondent(s) 
named in the hearing order, and the 
agency. The style of any pleadings filed 
under this Subpart shall name the re-
spondent as the Appellant, and the 
Federal Aviation Administration as 
the Agency. 

(2) Unless otherwise specified in the 

hearing order, the agency attorney will 
serve as prosecutor for the agency from 
the date of issuance of the Director’s 

Determination providing an oppor-
tunity for hearing. 

[Doc. No. 27783, 61 FR 54004, October 16, 1996, 
as amended at Amdt. 16–1, 78 FR 56146, Sept. 
12, 2013] 

§ 16.207

Intervention and other par-

ticipation. 

(a) Intervention and participation by 

other persons are permitted only at the 
hearing stage of the complaint process 
and with the written approval of the 
hearing officer. 

(b) A person may submit a written 

motion for leave to intervene as a 
party. Except for good cause shown, a 
motion for leave to intervene shall be 
submitted not later than 10 days after 
the notice of hearing and hearing 
order. 

(c) If the hearing officer finds that 

intervention will not unduly broaden 
the issues or delay the proceedings and, 
if the person has an interest that will 
benefit the proceedings, the hearing of-
ficer may grant a motion for leave to 
intervene. The hearing officer may de-
termine the extent to which an inter-
venor may participate in the pro-
ceedings. 

(d) Other persons may petition the 

hearing officer for leave to participate 
in the hearing. Participation is limited 
to the filing of a posthearing brief and 
reply to the hearing officer and the As-
sociate Administrator. Such a brief 
shall be filed and served on all parties 
in the same manner as the parties’ 
posthearing briefs are filed. 

(e) Participation under this section is 

at the discretion of the hearing officer, 
and no decision permitting participa-
tion shall be deemed to constitute an 
expression that the participant has 
such a substantial interest in the pro-
ceeding as would entitle it to judicial 
review of such decision. 

[Amdt. 16–1, 78 FR 56146, Sept. 12, 2013] 

§ 16.209

Extension of time. 

(a) 

Extension by oral agreement. The 

parties may agree to extend for a rea-
sonable period of time for filing a docu-
ment under this part. If the parties 
agree, the hearing officer shall grant 
one extension of time to each party. 
The party seeking the extension of 
time shall submit a draft order to the 

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