14 C.F.R. § 302.705 Further procedures.
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space
(a) If no answer is filed within the designated time, or if a timely filed answer raises no material issue of fact, the DOT decisionmaker may, upon the basis of the record in the proceeding, enter a final order fixing the rate or rates. (b) If an answer raising a material issue of fact is filed within the time designated in the Department's order, the DOT decisionmaker may then issue an order authorizing additional pleadings and/or establishing further procedural steps, including setting the matter for oral evidentiary hearing before an administrative law judge.
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PART 302—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PROCEEDINGS
Subpart G—Rules Applicable to Mail Rate Proceedings and Mail Contracts
Final Mail Rate Proceedings
§ 302.705 Further procedures.
