33 CFR 20.703 - Presumptions.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Apr 29, 2025

§ 20.703 - Presumptions.

In each administrative hearing, a presumption—

(a) Imposes on the party against whom it lies the burden of going forward with evidence to rebut or meet the presumption; but

(b) Does not shift the burden of proof in the sense of the risk of non-persuasion.

authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321; 42 U.S.C. 9609; 46 U.S.C. 7701,7702; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. 2(73)

source: CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 33 CFR 20.703