{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-148.240","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 148.240","heading":"How does a State or a person intervene in a formal hearing?","body":"(a) Any person or Adjacent Coastal State may intervene in a formal hearing.\n(b) A person must file a petition of intervention within 10 days of notice that the formal hearing is issued. The petition must:\n(1) Be addressed to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Docketing Center;\n(2) Identify the issues and the petitioner's interest in those issues; and\n(3) Designate the name and address of a person who can be served if the petition is granted.\n(c) An adjacent coastal State need only file a notice of intervention with the ALJ Docketing Center.\n(d) The ALJ has the authority to limit the scope and period of intervention during the proceeding.\n(e) If the ALJ denies a petition of intervention, the petitioner may file a notice of appeal with the ALJ Docketing Center within 7 days of the denial.\n(1) A brief may be submitted with the notice of appeal.\n(2) Parties who wish to file a brief in support of or against the notice of appeal may do so within 7 days of filing the notice.\n(f) The Commandant (CG-5P) will rule on the appeal. The ALJ does not have to delay the proceedings for intervention appeals.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER NN—DEEPWATER PORTS","PART 148—DEEPWATER PORTS: GENERAL","Subpart C—Processing Applications"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"bf9230e0f1295eb53df6a5dd4d86967783f15fcd106fff177d67d48bec12d1d4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-148.238","next":"us/33-cfr-148.242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}