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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 13.230 

(b) The administrative law judge 

must grant the motion to withhold if, 
based on the motion and any response 
to the motion, the administrative law 
judge determines that: Disclosure 
would be detrimental to aviation safe-
ty; disclosure would not be in the pub-
lic interest; or the information is not 
otherwise required to be made avail-
able to the public. 

§ 13.227

Expert or opinion witnesses. 

An employee of the agency may not 

be called as an expert or opinion wit-
ness for any party other than the FAA 
in any proceeding governed by this sub-
part. An employee of a respondent may 
not be called by an agency attorney as 
an expert or opinion witness for the 
FAA in any proceeding governed by 
this subpart to which the respondent is 
a party. 

§ 13.228

Subpoenas. 

(a) 

Request for subpoena. The adminis-

trative law judge, upon application by 
any party to the proceeding, may issue 
subpoenas requiring the attendance of 
witnesses or the production of docu-
ments or tangible things at a hearing 
or for the purpose of taking deposi-
tions, as permitted by law. A request 
for a subpoena must show its general 
relevance and reasonable scope. The 
party must serve the subpoena on the 
witness or the holder of the documents 
or tangible items as permitted by ap-
plicable statute. A request for a sub-
poena must be filed and served in ac-
cordance with §§ 13.210 and 13.211, re-
spectively. Absent good cause shown, 
the filing and service must be com-
pleted as follows: 

(1) Not later than 15 days before a 

scheduled deposition under the sub-
poena; or 

(2) Not later than 30 days before a 

scheduled hearing where attendance at 
the hearing is sought. 

(b) 

Motion to quash or modify the sub-

poena.  A party, or any person upon 
whom a subpoena has been served, may 
file in the FAA Hearing Docket a mo-
tion to quash or modify the subpoena 
and must serve a copy on the adminis-
trative law judge and each party at or 
before the time specified in the sub-
poena for compliance. The movant 
must describe, in detail, the basis for 

the motion to quash or modify the sub-
poena including, but not limited to, a 
statement that the testimony, docu-
ment, or tangible evidence is not rel-
evant to the proceeding, that the sub-
poena is not reasonably tailored to the 
scope of the proceeding, or that the 
subpoena is unreasonable and oppres-
sive. A motion to quash or modify the 
subpoena will stay the effect of the 
subpoena pending a decision by the ad-
ministrative law judge on the motion. 

(c) 

Enforcement of subpoena. Upon a 

showing that a person has failed or re-
fused to comply with a subpoena, a 
party may apply to the appropriate 
U.S. district court to seek judicial en-
forcement of the subpoena. 

§ 13.229

Witness fees. 

(a) 

General. The party who applies for 

a subpoena to compel the attendance of 
a witness at a deposition or hearing, or 
the party at whose request a witness 
appears at a deposition or hearing, 
must pay the witness fees described in 
this section. 

(b) 

Amount.  Except for an employee 

of the agency who appears at the direc-
tion of the agency, a witness who ap-
pears at a deposition or hearing is enti-
tled to the same fees and allowances 
provided for under 28 U.S.C. 1821. 

§ 13.230

Record. 

(a) 

Exclusive record. The pleadings, 

transcripts of the hearing and pre-
hearing conferences, exhibits admitted 
into evidence, rulings, motions, appli-
cations, requests, briefs, and responses 
thereto, constitute the exclusive record 
for decision of the proceedings and the 
basis for the issuance of any orders in 
the proceeding. Any proceedings re-
garding the disqualification of an ad-
ministrative law judge must be in-
cluded in the record. Though only ex-
hibits admitted into evidence are part 
of the record before an administrative 
law judge, evidence proffered but not 
admitted is also part of the record on 
appeal, as provided by § 13.225. 

(b) 

Examination and copying of record. 

The parties may examine the record at 
the FAA Hearing Docket and may ob-
tain copies of the record upon payment 
of applicable fees. Any other person 
may obtain copies of the releasable 

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