[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 39, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 39CFR954.18]



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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE

 

                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

 

PART 954_RULES OF PRACTICE IN PROCEEDINGS RELATIVE TO THE DENIAL, 

SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF PERIODICALS MAIL PRIVILEGES--Table 

of Contents

 

Sec.  954.18  Proposed findings and conclusions.



    (a) A party to a proceeding may submit proposed findings of fact and 

conclusions of law to the presiding officer. The presiding officer shall 

determine whether they shall be oral or written. The presiding officer 

may require parties to a proceeding to submit proposed findings of fact 

and conclusions of law with supporting reasons. When the proposed 

findings and conclusions are not submitted orally they shall be filed 

within 15 days after delivery of the official transcript to the 

Recorder. The Recorder shall notify the parties of the filing date which 

shall be the same for both parties. If not submitted by that date, the 

findings and conclusions will not be considered or included in the 

record.

    (b) Except when presented orally, proposed findings of fact and 

conclusions of law shall be set forth in numbered paragraphs and shall 

state with particularity all evidentiary facts in the record with 

appropriate citations to the transcript or exhibits relied upon to 

support the conclusions proposed. Each proposed conclusion shall be 

separately stated.



[36 FR 11567, June 16, 1971, as amended at 62 FR 66998, Dec. 23, 1997]