FMC to Begin Rulemaking to Update Rules of Practice and Procedure
The Federal Maritime Commission approved plans to issue a proposed rule on modernizing the agency's "Rules of Practice and Procedure," said the FMC in a news release (here). The proposal is meant to "reorganize several subparts of its rules to…
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better reflect the chronology of a typical adjudication, and to extensively revise the subpart on how hearings are conducted to clarify rules on the presentation of evidence in Commission proceedings," the agency said. The FMC will also issue a final rule "that would permit optional electronic filing of ocean common carrier and marine terminal operator agreements," it said. FMC "staff presented a newly developed web application that will facilitate the electronic agreement filing option under the rule, as well as support a significant upgrade to the Commission’s existing 'FMC Online Agreement Library,'" the FMC said. "The web-based agreement filing system and the upgraded Online Agreement Library will be publicly available when the direct final rule goes in to effect."