33 C.F.R. § 148.240 How does a State or a person intervene in a formal hearing?
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
(a) Any person or adjacent coastal State may intervene in a formal hearing. (b) A person must file a petition of intervention within 10 days after notice of the formal hearing is issued. The petition must: (1) Be addressed to the ALJ Docketing Center; (2) Identify the issues and the petitioner's interest in those issues; and (3) Designate the name and address of a person who can be served if the petition is granted. (c) An adjacent coastal State need only file a notice of intervention with the ALJ Docketing Center. (d) The ALJ has the authority to limit the scope and period of intervention during the proceeding. (e) If the ALJ denies a petition of intervention, the petitioner may file a notice of appeal with the ALJ Docketing Center within 7 days of the denial. A brief may be submitted with the notice of appeal. Parties who wish to file a brief in support of or against the notice of appeal may do so within 7 days of the filing of the notice. (f) The Commandant (G-M) will rule on the appeal. The ALJ does not have to delay the proceedings for intervention appeals.
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 148—DEEPWATER PORTS: GENERAL
Subpart C—Processing Applications
Formal Hearings
§ 148.240 How does a State or a person intervene in a formal hearing?
