---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 16.213"
title: "14"
number: "16.213"
heading: "Discovery."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/16.213"
---

# §16.213. Discovery.

- (a) Discovery is limited to requests for admissions, requests for production of documents, interrogatories, and depositions as authorized by [§ 16.215](/cfr/14/16.215.md).
- (b) The hearing officer shall limit the frequency and extent of discovery permitted by this section if a party shows that—
  - (1) The information requested is cumulative or repetitious;
  - (2) The information requested may be obtained from another less burdensome and more convenient source;
  - (3) The party requesting the information has had ample opportunity to obtain the information through other discovery methods permitted under this section; or
  - (4) **The method or scope of discovery requested by the party is unduly burdensome or expensive.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 322, 1110, 1111, 1115, 1116, 1718(a) and (b), 1719, 1723, 1726, 1727, 40103(e), 40113, 40116, 44502(b), 46101, 46104, 46110, 47104, 47106(e), 47107, 47108, 47111(d), 47122, 47123-47125, 47133, 47151-47153, 48103.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 27783, 61 FR 54004, Oct. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.