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Code · CFR · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Part 148 · § 148.236

§ 148.236. What authority does an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) have?

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When assigned to a formal hearing, an ALJ may:
(a)Administer oaths and affirmations;
(b)Issue subpoenas;
(c)Issue rules of procedure for written evidence;
(d)Rule on offers of proof and receive evidence;
(e)Examine witnesses;
(f)Rule on motions of the parties;
(g)Suspend or bar an attorney from representing a person in the proceeding for unsuitable conduct;
(h)Exclude any person for disruptive behavior during the hearing;
(i)Set the hearing schedule;
(j)Certify questions to the Commandant (CG-5P);
(k)Proceed with a scheduled session of the hearing in the absence of a party who failed to appear;
(l)Extend or shorten a non-statutorily imposed deadline under this subpart within the 240-day time limit for the completion of public hearings in 33 U.S.C. 1504(g);
(m)Set deadlines not specified in this subpart or the Deepwater Ports Act; and
(n)Take any other action authorized by or consistent with this subpart, the Deepwater Ports Act, or 5 U.S.C. 551-559. \[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39177, July 1, 2013\]
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