Unsponsored written material.

201.139 Documents containing matter both material and not material.

201.140 Records in other proceedings. 201.141

Stipulations.

201.142 Further evidence required by presiding officer during hearing.

301.143 Exceptions to rulings of presiding officer unnecessary. Offer of proof.

201.144 Subpart O-The Record: Contents; Development; Perfection; Confidential Treatment (Rule 15) 201.146 Receipt of documents after hearing. 801.147 Official transcript.

201.182 201.183

Improper pressures.

Ex parte communications.

Subpart T-Effective Date (Rule 20)

201.185 Effective date and applicability of

rules.

Subpart U-Charges for Orders, Notices,
Rulings, Decisions

201.186 Charges for documents.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 201 issued under sec. 204, 49 Stat. 1987, as amended; 46 U.S.C. 1114; Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1961, 26 FR. 7315; Department of Commerce Order No. 117 (Rev.).

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part. 201 contained in General Order 41, 3d Rev., 29 FR. 14475, Oct. 22, 1964; 29 FR. 15374, Nov. 17, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A-General Information
(Rule 1)

$201.1 Scope of rules.

The regulations in this part govern practice and procedure before the Maritime Administration and the Maritime Subsidy Board (as described in Department of Commerce Order No. 117, Rev.), hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Administration", under the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended, Merchant Act, 1936, as amended, Merchant Ship Sales Act, 1946, Administrative Procedure Act, and related Acts, except as may be provided otherwise by the Administration. They shall be construed to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every proceeding with full protection for the rights of all parties therein.

§ 201.2 Mailing address; hours.

Documents required to be filed in, and correspondence relating to, proceedings governed by the regulations in this part should be addressed to "Secretary, Maritime Administration, Washington, D.C., 20235". The principal office of the Administration, located at 441 G Street NW., Washington, D.C. 20235, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time or eastern daylight saving time, whichever is currently effective in Washington, Monday to Friday, inclusive, unless otherwise provided by Federal statute or executive order.

§ 201.3 Authentication of rules, orders, determinations and decisions of the Administration.

All rules, orders, determinations or decisions issued in any proceeding covered by the regulations in this part shall, unless otherwise specifically provided by the Administration, be signed and authenticated by seal by the Secretary of the Administration in the name of the

Administration.

$201.4 Inspection of records.

The files and records of the Administration except those held by the Administration for good cause to be confidential, shall be open for inspection and copying as follows:

(a) All pleadings, motions, depositions, correspondence, exhibits, transcripts of testimony, exceptions, briefs, and decisions in any formal proceeding

before the Administration may be inspected and copied in the Docket Section of the Office of Hearing Examiners.

(b) Subject to the provisions of law restricting public disclosure of information, all other files and records may be inspected and copied in the discretion of the Administration upon written request to the Secretary describing in detail the documents of which inspection is desired and setting forth the reasons therefor. (c) Orders, rules, rulings, opinions, determinations, and decisions (initial, recommended, tentative, and final), may be inspected at the Washington Office of the Administration.

(d) Copies of documents which may be inspected subject to the provisions of this section will be prepared and certified by the Secretary under the seal of the Administration if written request is made specifying the exact documents, the number of copies desired, and the date on which the same will be required. Such request shall permit a reasonable time for the preparation of copies. The cost of preparing copies shall be paid by the person making the request. Volumes of Maritime Administration reports may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C., 20402. Copies of individual decisions may be secured from the Secretary, Maritime Administration upon request, or may be examined in the regional offices of the Maritime Administration.

§ 201.5 Searching, copying, and certification of records; fees therefor.

(a) Upon written request directed to and within the discretion of the Administration, there are available, with respect to documents subject to inspection as provided in § 201.4, services as follows: (1) Searching files and records;

(2) Copying records and documents: and

(3) Certifying of copies of documents. (b) Fees for services set forth in paragraph (a) of this section are as follows:

(1) Certification and validation of each document with Maritime Subsidy Board or Maritime Administration seal. $1, without either seal, 25 cents.

(2) Searching files and records, except as provided in subparagraph (5) of this paragraph, $1.50 per half hour or fraction thereof.

(3) Copying records and documents. except as provided in subparagraph (5) of this paragraph.