COMDTINST 16200.5C governs the procedural administration of Coast Guard law enforcement cases referred for civil penalty adjudication.
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It covers Hearing Office organization, civil penalty case processing, due process, evidence, discovery, hearings, petitions to reopen, appeals, and remands. It requires Hearing Officers and other Hearing Office staff personnel to comply with Reference (a) and the Instruction in performing civil penalty case processing duties.
Hearing officers adjudicate, fairly and impartially, civil penalty cases referred to them for decision.
Informs the charged party that failure to exercise any of the above options within 30 days after receipt of the notice of civil penalty action (preliminary assessment letter) will result in the preliminary assessment amount for each violation becoming final and the final civil penalty being due and owing.
With the notice of civil penalty action from the Hearing Officer, the charged party will receive access to a complete and identical copy of the entire case file that is before the Hearing Officer for consideration.
A request for a hearing must be made in writing within 30 days of receipt of the notice that civil penalty action has been initiated.
If a timely request for a hearing is not received, the right to a hearing is forfeited.