§ 148.263 - Intervention.

(a) Any person may file a petition to intervene in a formal hearing, and any adjacent coastal state may intervene by filing a notice of intervention. The petition must be addressed to the administrative law judge, must identify the specific matters in the hearing on which he seeks to intervene and his interest in those matters, and must designate the name and address of a person upon whom service may be made if the petition is granted. A party to the formal hearing may file an answer to a petition within five days after the petition is filed.

(b) A petition to intervene must be filed within ten days after notice of formal hearing is issued.

(c) Intervention may be limited to particular matters or to particular times in the hearing if necessary to prevent repetitious evidence and argument or to control the course of the formal hearing.

(d) If the administrative law judge denies a petition in whole or part, the petitioner may appeal to the Commandant by filing notice of appeal within seven days after the denial is issued. A brief may be filed with the notice of appeal. A party may file a brief in support of or in opposition to the appeal within seven days after the notice of appeal is filed.