Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/01/11/05-528/civil-penalty-assessment-procedures-correction
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Effective January 11, 2005.
1812-1815 (4 pages)
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-528 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-528
This action makes minor editorial corrections to the final rule published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2004 (69 FR 59490) and technical corrections to one of the regulations it amended. That final rule adopted changed procedures concerning initiating and adjudicating an administratively assessed civil penalty against an individual acting as a pilot, flight engineer, mechanic, or repairman. Corrections include a quote and reference in the preamble, the removal of a redundant paragraph in the rule language, and several cross references to, and a typographical error in, redesignated paragraphs.
Joyce Redos, Attorney, telephone (202) 267-3137.
The final rule, published on October 4, 2004 (69 FR 59490), codified in Part 13 procedures relating to FAA civil penalty actions against a pilot, flight engineer, mechanic, or repairman, which are subject to review by the National Transportation Safety Board under 49 U.S.C. 46301(d)(5). The rule also made other minor modifications to the FAA's procedures for assessing civil penalties against persons other than pilots, flight engineers, mechanics or repairmen.
This publication corrects a quote and a reference in the preamble and removes a redundant section in 14 CFR 13.14. In § 13.14, paragraphs (a) and (b) are substantively identical, only set out differently. Paragraph (a) is, therefore, removed, and the paragraphs renumbered.
This publication also corrects several cross references to, and one typographical error in, redesignated paragraphs in § 13.16. The entire text of § 13.16 is republished for clarity. The first sentence in paragraph (d) is changed to add a cross reference to paragraph (c). In paragraph (d)(2), the cross reference to paragraph (e)(2)(ii) is changed to paragraph (g)(2)(ii). In Start Printed Page 1813paragraphs (g) and (g)(1)(ii), the cross references to paragraph (d)(2) are changed to paragraph (f)(2). In paragraph (h), the cross references to paragraph (d)(3) and paragraph (e)(2)(ii) are changed to paragraph (f)(3) and paragraph (g)(2)(ii), respectively. In paragraph (i), the cross references to paragraph (d)(3) and paragraph (e)(2)(ii) are also changed to paragraph (f)(3) and paragraph (g)(2)(ii), respectively. In the second sentence of program (m)(1), the word “nor” is changed to “or”
In final rule
1. On page 59492, in the second column, in the first sentence under Compromise Order remove the words “Section 46301(i)(1)” and correct to read “Section 46301(f)(1)”.
2. On page 59493, in the third column, in the second line from the top, remove the word “with” and correct to read “within”.
The Federal Aviation Administration corrects Part 13 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations to read as follows:
Authority: 18 U.S.C. 6002; 28 U.S.C. 2461 (note); 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 5121-5124, 40113-40114, 44103-44106, 44702-44703, 44709-44710, 44713, 46101-46110, 46301-46316, 46318, 46501-46502, 46504-46507, 47106, 47111, 47122, 47306, 47531-47532; 49 CFR 1.47
2. In § 13.14, remove paragraph (a) and redesignate paragraphs (b) through (d) as paragraphs (a) through (c).
3. § 13.16 is revised to read as follows:
(a) The FAA uses these procedures when it assesses a civil penalty against a person other than an individual acting as a pilot, flight engineer, mechanic, or repairman for a violation cited in 40 U.S.C. 46301(d)(2) or 47531.
(3) Delegation of authority. (1) The authority of the Administrator under 49 U.S.C. 46301(d), 47531, and 5123, and 49 CFR 1.47(k) to initiate and assess civil penalties for a violation of those statutes or a rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, is delegated to the Deputy Chief Counsel for Operations; the Assistant Chief Counsel for Enforcement; the Assistant Chief Counsel, Europe, Africa, and Middle East Area Office; the Regional Counsel; the Aeronautical Center Counsel; and the Technical Center Counsel.
(4) The authority of the Administrator under 49 U.S.C. 5123 (e) and (f) and 49 CFR 1.47(k) to compromise the amount of a civil penalty imposed is delegated to the Deputy Chief Counsel for Operations; the Assistant Chief Counsel for Enforcement; Assistant Chief Counsel, Europe, Africa, and Middle East Area Office; the Regional Counsel; Start Printed Page 1814the Aeronautical Center Counsel; and the Technical Center Counsel.
(g) Final notice of proposed civil penalty. A final notice of proposed civil penalty may be issued after participation in informal procedures provided in paragraph(f)(2) of this section or failure to respond in a timely manner to a notice of proposed civil penalty. A final notice of proposed civil penalty will be sent to the individual charged with a violation, to the president of the corporation or company charged with a violation, or a person previously designated in writing by the individual, corporation, or company to receive documents in that civil penalty action. If not previously done in response to a notice of proposed civil penalty, a corporation or company may designate in writing another person to receive documents in that civil penalty action. The final notice of proposed civil penalty contains a statement of the charges and the amount of the proposed civil penalty and, as a result of information submitted to the agency attorney during informal procedures, may modify an allegation or a proposed civil penalty contained in a notice of proposed civil penalty.
(h) Request for a hearing. Any person charged with a violation may request a hearing, pursuant to paragraph (f)(3) or paragraph (g)(2)(ii) of this section, to be conducted in accordance with the procedures in subpart G of this part. A person requesting a hearing shall file a written request for a hearing with the hearing docket clerk (Hearing Docket, Federal Aviation Administration, 800, Independence Avenue, SW., Room 924A, Washington, DC 20591, Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk) and shall mail a copy of the request to the agency attorney. The request for a hearing may be in the form of a letter but must be dated and signed by the person requesting a hearing. The request for a hearing may be typewritten or may be legibly handwritten.
(j) Appeal. Either party may appeal the administrative law judge's initial decision to the FAA decisionmaker pursuant to the procedures in subpart G of this part. If a party files a notice of appeal pursuant to § 13.233 of subpart G, the effectiveness of the initial decision is stayed until a final decision and order of the Administrator have been entered on the record. The FAA decisionmaker shall review the record and issue a final decision and order of the Administrator that affirm, modify, or reverse the initial decision. The FAA decisionmaker may assess a civil penalty but shall not assess a civil penalty in an amount greater than that sought in the complaint.
(m) Exhaustion of administrative remedies and judicial review. (1) Cases under the FAA statute. A party may petition for review only of a final decision and order of the FAA decisionmaker to the courts of appeals of the United States for the circuit in which the individual charged resides or has his or her principal place of business or the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, under 49 U.S.C. 46110, 46301(d)(6), and 46301(g). Neither an initial decision or order issues by an administrative law judge that has not been appealed to the FAA decisionmaker, nor an order compromising a civil penalty action, may be appealed under those sections.
(2) Cases under the Federal hazardous materials transportation law. A party may seek judicial review only of a final decision and order of the FAA decisionmaker involving a violation of the Federal hazardous materials transportation law or a regulation or order issued thereunder to an appropriate district court of the United States, under 5 U.S.C. 703 and 704 and 28 U.S.C. 1331. Neither an initial decision or order issued by an administrative law judge that has not been appealed to the FAA Start Printed Page 1815decisionmaker, nor an order compromising a civil penalty action, may be appealed under these sections.
(2) An agency attorney may compromise the amount of an civil penalty proposed in a notice, assessed in an order, or imposed in a compromise order.
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