9 CFR 202.121
§ 202.121 Rule 21: Intervention.
United States · 9 CFR — Animals and Animal Products · Status: effective
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- 9 CFR 202.121, § 202.121 Rule 21: Intervention, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/34445
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At any time after docketing of a proceeding and before commencement of a hearing, oral or written, therein, the presiding officer may, upon petition, and for good cause shown, permit any person to intervene therein. The petition shall state with preciseness and particularity:
(a) The petitioner's relationship to the matters involved in the proceeding;
(b) the nature of the material the petitioner intends to present in evidence;
(c) the nature of the argument the petitioner intends to make; and (d) the reasons why the petitioner should be allowed to intervene. Any such petition, and notice of the order thereon, shall be served on the parties and made a part of the record in the proceeding.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.