{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-20.102","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 20.102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Administrative Law Judge or ALJ means any person designated by the Commandant under paragraph 556(b)(3) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 556(b)(3)) to conduct hearings arising under 33 U.S.C. 1321(b); 42 U.S.C. 9609(b); or 46 U.S.C. Chapter 77.\nChief Administrative Law Judge or Chief ALJ means the Administrative Law Judge appointed as the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Coast Guard by the Commandant.\nClass II Civil penalty proceeding means a trial-type proceeding for the assessment of a civil penalty that affords an opportunity for an oral, fact-finding hearing before an ALJ.\nCoast Guard Representative means an official of the Coast Guard designated to prosecute an administrative proceeding.\nCommandant means the Commandant of the Coast Guard. It includes the Vice-Commandant of the Coast Guard acting on behalf of the Commandant in any matter.\nComplaint means a document issued by a Coast Guard representative alleging a violation for which a penalty may be administratively assessed under 33 U.S.C. 1321(b) or 42 U.S.C. 9609(b), or a merchant mariner credential, mariner's license, certificate of registry, or document suspended or revoked under 46 U.S.C. 7703 or 7704.\nCredential means any or all of the following:\n(1) Merchant mariner's document.\n(2) Merchant mariner's license.\n(3) STCW endorsement.\n(4) Certificate of registry.\n(5) Merchant mariner credential.\nHearing Docket Clerk means an employee of the Office of the Chief ALJ who is responsible for receiving documents, determining their completeness and legibility, and distributing them to ALJs and others, as required by this part.\nInterested person means a person who, as allowed in § 20.404, files written comments on a proposed assessment of a class II civil penalty or files written notice of intent to present evidence in any such hearing held on the proposed assessment.\nMail means first-class, certified, or registered matter sent by the Postal Service, or matter sent by an express-courier service.\nMerchant mariner credential or MMC means the credential issued by the Coast Guard under 46 CFR part 10. It combines the individual merchant mariner's document, license, and certificate of registry enumerated in 46 U.S.C. subtitle II part E as well as the STCW endorsement into a single credential that serves as the mariner's qualification document, certificate of identification, and certificate of service.\nMotion means a request for an order or ruling from an ALJ.\nParty means a respondent or the Coast Guard.\nPerson means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a public or private organization, or a governmental agency.\nPersonal delivery means delivery by hand or in person, or through use of a contract service or an express-courier service. It does not include use of governmental interoffice mail.\nPleading means a complaint, an answer, and any amendment to such document permitted under this part.\nRespondent means a person charged with a violation in a complaint issued under this part.\nSuspension and revocation proceeding or S\u0026R proceeding means a trial-type proceeding for the suspension or revocation of a merchant mariner's credential, license, certificate of registry, or document issued by the Coast Guard that affords an opportunity for an oral, fact-finding hearing before an ALJ.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 20—RULES OF PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND EVIDENCE FOR FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COAST GUARD","Subpart A—General"],"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":"4b88ef3dc179b933d7c7166dc1d0c95a12e293867f461418334272ce66713e82","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-20.101","next":"us/33-cfr-20.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}