{"data":{"id":"us/44-cfr-68.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"44 CFR 68.7","heading":"Conduct of hearings.","body":"(a) The Judge shall be responsible for the fair and expeditious conduct of proceedings.\n(b) The Federal Insurance Administrator shall be represented by the Chief Counsel or his/her designee.\n(c) One administrative hearing shall be held for any one community unless the Federal Insurance Administrator for good cause shown grants a separate hearing or hearings.\n(d) The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the community or his/her designee shall represent all appellants from that community; Provided, That any appellant may petition the board to allow such appellant to make an appearance on his/her own behalf. Such a petition shall be granted only upon a showing of good cause.\n(e) Hearings shall be open to the public.\n(f) A verbatim transcript will be made of the hearing. An appellant may order copies of the transcribed verbatim record directly from the reporter and will be responsible for payments.","path":["Title 44—Emergency Management and Assistance","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER B—INSURANCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION","PART 68—ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-44.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"4b8fc8815f293b9b1f2721ae8766134967012b69d0690edb330cd66340691347","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/44-cfr-68.6","next":"us/44-cfr-68.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}