{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1.657","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1.657","heading":"Who has the burden of persuasion, and what standard of proof applies?","body":"(a) Any party who has filed a request for a hearing has the burden of persuasion with respect to the issues of material fact raised by that party.\n(b) The standard of proof is a preponderance of the evidence.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Agriculture","PART 1—ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS","Subpart O—Conditions in FERC Hydropower Licenses"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"062e0dcda795c1b839037901371b05bf584bc5e4fa47a8f7e15aa3a3f27f9939","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1.656","next":"us/7-cfr-1.658"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}