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§ 13.210 

(2) If the agency fails to show good 

cause for any delay, an administrative 
law judge may dismiss the complaint, 
or that part of the complaint, alleging 
a violation that occurred more than 2 
years before an agency attorney issued 
the notice of proposed civil penalty to 
the respondent. 

(3) A party may appeal the adminis-

trative law judge’s ruling on the mo-
tion to dismiss the complaint or any 
part of the complaint in accordance 
with § 13.219(b). 

§ 13.209

Answer. 

(a) 

Writing required. A respondent 

must file in the FAA Hearing Docket a 
written answer to the complaint, or 
may file a written motion pursuant to 
§ 13.208 or § 13.218 instead of filing an 
answer, not later than 30 days after 
service of the complaint. The answer 
must be dated and signed by the person 
responding to the complaint. An an-
swer must be typewritten or legibly 
handwritten. 

(b) 

Filing.  A person filing an answer 

or motion under paragraph (a) of this 
section must follow the filing instruc-
tions in § 13.210. 

(c) 

Service.  A person filing an answer 

or a motion under paragraph (a) of this 
section must serve a copy of the an-
swer or motion in accordance with the 
service instructions in § 13.211. 

(d) 

Contents.  An answer must specifi-

cally state any affirmative defense 
that the respondent intends to assert 
at the hearing. A person filing an an-
swer may include a brief statement of 
any relief requested in the answer. The 
person filing an answer may rec-
ommend a location for the hearing 
when filing the answer. 

(e) 

Specific denial of allegations re-

quired.  A person filing an answer must 
admit, deny, or state that the person is 
without sufficient knowledge or infor-
mation to admit or deny, each allega-
tion in the complaint. All allegations 
in the complaint not specifically de-
nied in the answer are deemed admit-
ted. A general denial of the complaint 
is deemed a failure to file an answer. 

(f) 

Failure to file answer. A person’s 

failure to file an answer without good 
cause will be deemed an admission of 
the truth of each allegation contained 
in the complaint. 

§ 13.210

Filing of documents. 

(a) 

General rule. Unless provided oth-

erwise in this subpart, all documents in 
proceedings under this subpart must be 
tendered for filing with the FAA Hear-
ing Docket. 

(b) 

Methods of filing. Filing must be 

by email, personal delivery, mail, or 
fax. 

(c) 

Address for filing. A person filing a 

document with the FAA Hearing Dock-
et must use the address identified for 
the method of filing as follows: 

(1) 

If delivery is in person, or by expe-

dited or overnight express courier service. 
Federal Aviation Administration, 600 
Independence Avenue SW, Wilbur 
Wright Building—Suite 2W100, Wash-
ington, DC 20597; Attention: FAA Hear-
ing Docket, AGC–70. 

(2) 

If delivery is via U.S. mail, or U.S. 

certified or registered mail. Federal Avia-
tion Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; At-
tention: FAA Hearing Docket, AGC–70, 
Wilbur Wright Building—Suite 2W100. 

(3) 

If delivery is via email or fax. The 

email address and fax number for the 
FAA Hearing Docket, made available 
on the FAA Office of Adjudication 
website. 

(d) 

Date of filing. If a document is 

filed by fax or email, the date of filing 
is the date the email or fax is sent. If 
a document is filed by personal deliv-
ery, the date of filing is the date that 
personal delivery is accomplished. If a 
document is filed by mail, the date of 
filing is the date shown on the certifi-
cate of service, the date shown on the 
postmark if there is no certificate of 
service, or the mailing date shown by 
other evidence if there is no certificate 
of service or postmark. 

(e) 

Form.  Each document must be 

typewritten or legibly handwritten. 

(f) 

Contents.  Unless otherwise speci-

fied in this subpart, each document 
must contain a short, plain statement 
of the facts on which the person’s case 
rests and a brief statement of the ac-
tion requested. 

(g) 

Requirement to file an original docu-

ment and number of copies. A party must 
file an original document and one copy 
when filing by personal delivery or by 
mail. Only one copy must be filed if fil-
ing is accomplished by email or fax. 

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