15 C.F.R. Subpart F—Notice, Hearings, Record and Information
Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade
(a) In general. The Executive Secretary will publish notice in the (b) Requests for hearings—(1) A directly affected party showing good cause may request a hearing during a proceeding or review. (2) The request must be made within 30 days of the beginning of the period for public comment (see, §400.27) and must be accompanied by information establishing the need for the hearing and the basis for the requesting party's interest in the matter. (3) A determination as to the need for the hearing will be made by the Commerce Department's Assistant Secretary for Import Administration within 15 days after the receipt of such a request. (c) Procedure for public hearings. The Board will publish notice in the (a) Content. The Executive Secretary will maintain at the location stated in §400.53(d) an official record of each proceeding within the Board's jurisdiction. The Executive Secretary will include in the official record all factual information, written argument, and other material developed by, presented to, or obtained by the Board in connection with the proceeding. The official record will contain material that is public, business proprietary, privileged, and classified. While there is no requirement that a verbatim record shall be kept of public hearings, the proceedings of such hearings shall ordinarily be recorded and transcribed when significant opposition is involved. (b) Opening and closing of official record. The official record opens on the date the Executive Secretary files an application or receives a request that satisfies the applicable requirements of this part and closes on the date of the final determination in the proceeding or review, as applicable. (c) Protection of the official record. Unless otherwise ordered in a particular case by the Executive Secretary, the official record will not be removed from the Department of Commerce. A certified copy of the record will be made available to any court before which any aspect of a proceeding is under review, with appropriate safeguards to prevent disclosure of proprietary or privileged information. (a) Request for information. The Board may request submission of any information, including business proprietary information, and written argument necessary or appropriate to the proceeding. (b) Public information. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, the Board will consider all information submitted in a proceeding to be public information. If the person submitting the information does not agree to its public disclosure, the Board will return the information and not consider it in the proceeding. (c) Business proprietary information. Persons submitting business proprietary information and requesting protection from public disclosure shall mark the cover page “business proprietary,” as well as the top of each page on which such information appears. (d) Disclosure of information. Disclosure of public information will be governed by 15 CFR part 4. Public information in the official record will be available for inspection and copying at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce Building, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Title 15: Commerce and Foreign Trade
PART 400—REGULATIONS OF THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD
Subpart F—Notice, Hearings, Record and Information
§ 400.51 Notice and hearings.
§ 400.52 Official record; public access.
§ 400.53 Information.
