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ESTABLISHIN G PROCEDURE S Thi s proceedin g arise s from acomplain t serve dOctobe r

26 , 2010 , allegin g violatio n o f th e Federa l Aviatio n Act/Regulations , an dth e Respondent' s reques t for hearin g date dOctobe r 15 , 2010 . Th e undersigne dadministrativ e la w judg e was assigne dt o thi s proceedin g b y No

tic e serve dNovembe r

19 , 2010 . Th e Rule s o f

Practic e for

thi s proceedin g ar e se t

fort h i n Part 13 , Subpart

G , o f th e Feder

al Aviatio n Regulation s (1 4 C.F.R . § § 13.201-13.23 5 (2010)) . Thos e rule s provide , inte r alia , that th e Responden t

mus t file awritte n answe r

o r motio n withi n 3 0 day s after servic e o f

th e complain t ( § 13.209(a)) ; tha t

agenera l deriial i s deeme dafailur e t o file a n answe r ( § 13.209(e)) ; tha t failur e t o file a n answe r

withou t goo dcaus e i s deeme da

n admissio n o f

eac h allegatio n i n th e complain t ( § 13.209(f)) , an dtha t

apart y seekin g an extensio n o f tim e mus t

file awritte n motio n at leas t seve n day s befor e th e documen t i s due , absen t

agreemen t

o f th e partie s o r

goo dcaus e show n ( § 13.213(a ) an d(b)) . T o expedit e th e hearin g i n thi s matter . Complainan t an dth e Respondent , o n o r befor eDecembe r

20 , 2010 , shal l file (1 ) an y amendmen t o f th e complain t

o r answer; ^ (2 ) a

n agree do r separat e propose dprocedura l schedules , includin g propose ddates (i.e. , specifi c dates , not merel y number s o r

day s befor e th e hearing ) for (a ) filing stipulations , alis t o f witnesses , asummar y o f thei r propose dtestimony , an dfor (b ) exchangin g exhibit s an ddiscovery , i f any ; (3 ) astatemen t concernin g th e statu s o f

settlemen t

efforts ; an d(4 ) apropose dhearin g site and , absen t agreemen t o f th e parties , ajustificatio n o f th e propose dsite . Se e 1 4 C.F.R . § 13.217 . Unde r FA A Orde r

2150.3 B (Oct . 1 , 2007 ) an dth e Rule s governin g thes e proceedings , Complainan t

an dth e Responden t

shoul dcontinu e t o conside r th e possibilit y o f

settlemen t

an d compromis e o f

thi s matter . I n connectio n wit h suc h discussions , th e partie s shoul dnot e tha t FA A Orde r

2150.3B , whic h establishe s standard s for th e Complainant' s conduc t an dsettlemen t o f thi s proceeding , i s availabl e o n th e Internet. ^ See , i n particular , chapte r 6 (Lega l Enforcemen t Action s an dLega l Counse l Responsibilities) ; an deithe r (a ) Appendi x B (Tabl e o f Sanctions) , page s B-1—B 8 (Part

On e - Abbreviation s an dDefinitions ) an dthos e portion s o f Par t Two - Sanctio n Guidanc e Tables , whic h appl y t o particular allegation s no t

involvin g hazardou s mate rials, o r (b ) Appendi x C , whic h pertain s t o hazardou s material s cases . Upo n reques t o f Respon

dent , Complainan t

shal l provid e Responden t acop y o f

th e applicabl e reference dprovisions .

' Furthe r amendment

s ar e not anticipatedabsen

t goo dcaus e shoAvn

. Thoug h 1 4 C.FJ L § 13.214(b)(1 ) permits amendment

s a t an y tim e mor e tiian 1 5 day s befor

e ahearing , utilization of

tha t provision woul

dpreven t orderl y preparation fo r ahearin g an dcoul dpreven t an y hearin g a t all , becaus e notic e o

f ahearin g must b e give n 6 0 day s in advance . § 13.221(a) . A

n amendmen

t tha t migh t b e filed 1 5 day s prio

r t o th e hearin g woul dentitle die othe

r part y u p t o 2 0 day s in whic h t o repl y ( § 13.214(c» , an

dcoul dgenerat e ane w roun do f schedule s ( § 13.217) , motion s ( § 13.218) , an ddiscover y ( § 13.220),necessitatingapostponementofthehearing,anew60-daynotice,efceteraa</i>!/im/«m . ^ Se e LindaJoyc e Goodman , FA A Docke t No . CP89WP0061 , DMS No . FAA-2004-18292 , a t 1 1 (Ma y 30 , 1989) , availabl e a t

www.regulations.gov (concluding tha t "the prosecuting agency attorney mus t conside r settle

men t an dtha t th e Rule s d o not permit th e Chief Counse l t o exercis e polic y contro l or

decisionmaking i n thi s cas e or i n civil penalt

y case s generall

y s o a s to den

y prosecutoria

l discretio n wit

h respec t t o settlemen

t an dcompromis e t

o the agency attorne

y a s define din the rules") . See als o Exec . Orde r No . 12,988 , 6 1 Fed . Reg . 472 9 (Feb . 5,1996) , whic h refers t o faciUtatin

g th e jus t an defficien t resolutio n o f

civi l claim s involving th e Unite dState s Governmen t an dwhic h direct s Federa

l agencie s andthei

r litigatio n counsel to , "a s soon a s practicabl e afte r ascertaining th e natur e of adisput e in Utigation , an

dthroughou

t the litigation, . . . evaluat

e settlemen

t possibilitie s an

dmak e reasonable effort s t o settle th e litigation. " See als o FA A Orde r 2150.3 B a t paragraph 6-2 . ^ Accesseda

t http://rgl.faa.go v b y selecting "Orders/Notices, " the n "Curren t Orders ; B y Number, " the

n "2150.3 3 10/01/200

7 FA A Complianc e an

dEnforcemen

t Progra m(Change 1 included). "Submission s sen t t o th e stree t

addres s o f

th e U.S . Departmen t

o f Transportation , Offic e o f Hearings , b y regula r

mai l ma y b e delaye du p t o four week s du e t o posta l screenin g an dma y b e "irradiated, " whic h ma y resul t i n page s bein g fuse dtogether . Accordingly , partie s wh o serv e submission s o n th e Judg e b y regula r mai l shoul dals o fax , expres s carrier , o r personall y delive r thos e submissions . Th e certificat e o f servic e shoul dreflec t

th e manne r

o f service . Compromis e ma y b e effecte dwit h o r withou t afinding o f

violatio n ( § 13.16(n)) . Eac h party' s filing shal l includ e atelephon e numbe r wher e th e part y ca n b e reache db y th e Judg e for prehearin g telephon e conferences . S O ORDERED .

' Ronni e A . tVoder Chie f Administrativ e La w Judg e

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