CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER NN—DEEPWATER PORTS (parts 148 to 150) > PART 148—DEEPWATER PORTS: GENERAL > SUBPART C—Processing Applications (§148.200 to §148.283) > 148.240—How does a State or a person intervene in a formal hearing?

148.240—How does a State or a person intervene in a formal hearing?

(a) Any person or adjacent coastal State may intervene in a formal hearing.
(b) A person must file a petition of intervention within 10 days of notice that the formal hearing is issued. The petition must:
(1) Be addressed to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Docketing Center;
(2) Identify the issues and the petitioner's interest in those issues; and
(3) Designate the name and address of a person who can be served if the petition is granted.
(c) An adjacent coastal State need only file a notice of intervention with the ALJ Docketing Center.
(d) The ALJ has the authority to limit the scope and period of intervention during the proceeding.
(e) If the ALJ denies a petition of intervention, the petitioner may file a notice of appeal with the ALJ Docketing Center within 7 days of the denial.
(1) A brief may be submitted with the notice of appeal.
(2) Parties who wish to file a brief in support of or against the notice of appeal may do so within 7 days of filing the notice.
(f) The Commandant (CG-5) will rule on the appeal. The ALJ does not have to delay the proceedings for intervention appeals.