[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR821.18]

[Page 166]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
           CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 821_RULES OF PRACTICE IN AIR SAFETY PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_General Rules Applicable to Petitions for Review, Appeals to 
the Board, and Appeals From Law Judges Initial Decisions and Appealable 
                                 Orders
 
Sec.  821.18  Motion for a more definite statement.

    (a) A party may, in lieu of an answer, file a motion requesting that 
the petitioner's statement of reasons and supporting facts in a petition 
for review or the Administrator's allegations of fact in a complaint be 
made more definite and certain. The motion shall cite the defects 
complained of and the details sought. If the motion is granted and the 
law judge's order is not complied with within 15 days after service 
thereof, the law judge shall strike the portion or portions of the 
petition for review or complaint to which the motion is directed. If the 
motion is denied, the moving party shall file an answer within 10 days 
after service of the law judge's order on the motion.
    (b) A party may file a motion to clarify an answer in the event that 
the answer fails to respond clearly to the petition for review or the 
complaint.