{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-201.71","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 201.71","heading":"Commencement of proceedings.","body":"Formal proceedings may be commenced with respect to any phase of an application for Government aid or other relief, the processing of which by statute requires a public hearing. The Administration may, in its discretion, also direct the holding of a hearing not required by statute for any purpose authorized in the statutes it administers.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER II—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER A—POLICY, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE","PART 201—RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE","Subpart G—Formal Proceedings, Notice, Pleadings, Replies (Rule 7)"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"ee7f53ab6030863193d71ac58ec1a205d728b99decd879acb508b83bc97df8f7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-201.65","next":"us/46-cfr-201.72"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}