{"data":{"id":"us/15-cfr-25.30","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 CFR 25.30","heading":"The hearing and burden of proof.","body":"(a) The ALJ shall conduct a hearing on the record in order to determine whether the respondent is liable for a civil penalty or assessment under § 25.3 and, if so, the appropriate amount of any such civil penalty or assessment considering any aggravating or mitigating factors.\n(b) The authority shall prove respondent's liability and any aggravating factors by a preponderance of the evidence.\n(c) The respondent shall prove any affirmative defenses and any mitigating factors by a preponderance of the evidence.\n(d) The hearing shall be open to the public unless otherwise ordered by the ALJ for good cause shown.","path":["Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Commerce","PART 25—PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-15.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:24Z","sha256":"7cddcfd06cf36a847bc1fb2654adf71353e24d47ae81c3f3905f02c91148205e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-cfr-25.29","next":"us/15-cfr-25.31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}