Title 7

SECTION 283.8

283.8 Rebuttal or amendment of appeal or answer.

§ 283.8 Rebuttal or amendment of appeal or answer.

(a) Not later than 30 days after FNS submits an answer in accordance with § 283.6, the State agency may submit rebuttal evidence.

(b) At any time prior to the filing of a motion for a hearing pursuant to § 283.15(b), the appeal petition or the answer may be amended without prior authorization by the ALJ. Thereafter, such an amendment may only be made as authorized by the ALJ upon a showing of cause.

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