{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-404.19","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 404.19","heading":"Hearings.","body":"(a) Sections 556 and 557 of Title 5, United States Code, do not apply to hearings held under this part. As a fact-finding forum, each hearing held under this part is nonadversarial and there are no formal pleadings or adverse parties. Any rule issued in a proceeding in which a hearing is held is not based exclusively on the record of the hearing, but on the entire record of the rulemaking proceeding.\n(b) The Associate Administrator designates a representative to conduct any hearing held under this part. The FAA Chief Counsel designates a legal officer for the hearing.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER III—COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER B—PROCEDURE","PART 404—PETITION AND RULEMAKING PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"92e1be4f92e9804b7a31a43eefad19370d44e2208ce3907e68de8f52295b998b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-404.17","next":"us/14-cfr-appendix-a-to-part-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}