50 C.F.R. § 18.83 Determination to cancel the hearing.
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
(a) If the presiding officer determines that no issues of material fact are presented by the direct testimony submitted prior to the date of the hearing, he may publish in the (b) Promptly after oral argument, if any, the presiding officer shall make a recommended decision based on the record, which in this case shall consist of the direct testimony and any oral argument presented. He shall transmit to the Director his recommended decision, the record and a certificate stating that the record contains all the written direct testimony. The Director shall then make a final decision in accordance with these regulations (§18.91).
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 18—MARINE MAMMALS
Subpart G—Notice and Hearing on Section 103 Regulations
§ 18.83 Determination to cancel the hearing.