Pennsylvania Code › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part II - General Rules of Administrative Practice and Procedure › Chapter 31 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 31.5 - Communications and filings generally

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Communications, submittals and pleadings
				  should be addressed to the agency at the office of the agency unless otherwise
				  specifically directed. Communication and filings should clearly designate the
				  file number, docket number or similar identifying symbols, if any, employed by
				  the agency, and should set forth a short title. The person communicating shall
				  state his address, the party he represents and how response should be sent to
				  him if not by first class mail.
(b)
				  Submittals and pleadings, including documents filed under Chapter 35 (relating
				  to formal proceedings) shall comply with Chapter 33 (relating to documentary
				  filings) and the applicable provisions of this chapter.
(c) In a proceeding when upon inspection the
				  agency is of the opinion that a submittal or pleading tendered for filing does
				  not comply with this part and any applicable regulations of the agency or, if
				  it is an application or similar document, does not sufficiently set forth
				  required material or is otherwise insufficient, the agency may decline to
				  accept the document for filing and may return it unfiled, or the agency may
				  accept it for filing and advise the person tendering it of the deficiency and
				  require that the deficiency be corrected.
(d) The agency may order any redundant,
				  immaterial, impertinent or scandalous matter stricken from a document filed
				  with it.
This section cited in 1 Pa. Code §
												33.61 (relating to applications for
						waiver of formal requirements); 4 Pa. Code §
												607a.5 (relating to filings with
						Docket Clerk); 7 Pa. Code §
												179.3 (relating to filings and
						appeals); 16 Pa. Code §
												42.12 (relating to caption); 19 Pa.
						Code §
												13.3 (relating to communications
						and filings generally); 34 Pa. Code §
												111.11 (relating to content and
						form); 34 Pa. Code §
												111.32 (relating to form/content);
						34 Pa. Code §
												131.11 (relating to filing, service
						and proof of service); 34 Pa Code §
												131.21 (relating to identifying
						number); 34 Pa. Code §
												131.36 (relating to joinder); 37
						Pa. Code §
												171.4 (relating to filing papers);
						37 Pa. Code §
												407.3 (relating to rejected
						applications review procedure); 37 Pa. Code §
												407.12 (relating to reconsideration
						procedure); 37 Pa. Code §
												421.21 (relating to reconsideration
						of adverse determination and request for hearing); 40 Pa. Code §
												15.21 (relating to information and
						special instructions); 52 Pa. Code §
												1.4 (relating to filing generally);
						52 Pa. Code §
												1001.6 (relating to filing
						generally); 58 Pa. Code §
												495a.1 (relating to form of
						documentary filings generally); and 61 Pa. Code §
												702.4 (relating to filing
						generally).