50 CFR 221.46
§ 221.46 What sanctions may the ALJ impose for failure to comply with discovery?
United States · 50 CFR — Wildlife and Fisheries · Status: effective
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- 50 CFR 221.46, § 221.46 What sanctions may the ALJ impose for failure to comply with discovery?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/420100
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(a) Upon motion of a party, the ALJ may impose sanctions under paragraph (b) of this section if any party:
(1) Fails to comply with an order approving discovery; or
(2) Fails to supplement or amend a response to discovery under § 221.42(a).
(b) The ALJ may impose one or more of the following sanctions:
(1) Infer that the information, testimony, document, or other evidence withheld would have been adverse to the party;
(2) Order that, for the purposes of the hearing, designated facts are established;
(3) Order that the party not introduce into evidence, or otherwise rely on to support its case, any information, testimony, document, or other evidence:
(i) That the party improperly withheld; or
(ii) That the party obtained from another party in discovery;
(4) Allow another party to use secondary evidence to show what the information, testimony, document, or other evidence withheld would have shown; or
(5) Take other appropriate action to remedy the party's failure to comply.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.