49 CFR 826.5
§ 826.5 Standards for awards.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 826.5, § 826.5 Standards for awards, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/263184
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(a) A prevailing applicant may receive an award for fees and expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding, or in a significant and discrete substantive portion of the proceeding, unless the position of the agency over which the applicant has prevailed was substantially justified. The burden of proof that an award should not be made to an eligible prevailing applicant is on the agency counsel, who may avoid an award by showing that the agency's position was reasonable in law and fact.
(b) An award will be reduced or denied if the applicant has unduly or unreasonably protracted the proceeding or if special circumstances make the award sought unjust.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.