---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
key: "subtB/chIX/subchA/part906"
level: "part"
label: "Part 906"
heading: "National Appeals Office Rules of Procedure"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/subtB-chIX-subchA-part906"
sections_count: 18
---

# Part 906 — National Appeals Office Rules of Procedure

Title 15 C.F.R. — Commerce and Foreign Trade › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade › Chapter IX — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce › Subchapter A — General Regulations

## Sections

- [§906.1. Purpose and scope.](/cfr/15/906.1.md)
- [§906.2. Definitions.](/cfr/15/906.2.md)
- [§906.3. Requesting an appeal and agency record.](/cfr/15/906.3.md)
- [§906.4. General filing requirements.](/cfr/15/906.4.md)
- [§906.5. Service.](/cfr/15/906.5.md)
- [§906.6. Ex parte communications.](/cfr/15/906.6.md)
- [§906.7. Disqualification of appellate officer.](/cfr/15/906.7.md)
- [§906.8. Scheduling and pre-hearing conferences.](/cfr/15/906.8.md)
- [§906.9. Exhibits.](/cfr/15/906.9.md)
- [§906.10. Evidence.](/cfr/15/906.10.md)
- [§906.11. Hearing.](/cfr/15/906.11.md)
- [§906.12. Closing the evidentiary portion of the NAO case record.](/cfr/15/906.12.md)
- [§906.13. Failure to appear.](/cfr/15/906.13.md)
- [§906.14. Burden of proof.](/cfr/15/906.14.md)
- [§906.15. Decisions.](/cfr/15/906.15.md)
- [§906.16. Reconsideration.](/cfr/15/906.16.md)
- [§906.17. Review by the Regional Administrator.](/cfr/15/906.17.md)
- [§906.18. Final decision of the Department.](/cfr/15/906.18.md)