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43 CFR 45.46: What sanctions may the ALJ impose for failure to comply with discovery?

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  1. Title 43—Public Lands: Interior
  2. Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior
  3. PART 45—CONDITIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS IN FERC HYDROPOWER LICENSES
  4. Subpart B—Hearing Process

(a) Upon motion of a party, the ALJ may impose sanctions under paragraph (b) of this section if any party:

(1) Fails to comply with an order approving discovery; or

(2) Fails to supplement or amend a response to discovery under § 45.42(a).

(b) The ALJ may impose one or more of the following sanctions:

(1) Infer that the information, testimony, document, or other evidence withheld would have been adverse to the party;

(2) Order that, for the purposes of the hearing, designated facts are established;

(3) Order that the party not introduce into evidence, or otherwise rely on to support its case, any information, testimony, document, or other evidence:

(i) That the party improperly withheld; or

(ii) That the party obtained from another party in discovery;

(4) Allow another party to use secondary evidence to show what the information, testimony, document, or other evidence withheld would have shown; or

(5) Take other appropriate action to remedy the party's failure to comply.

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