---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 20.103"
title: "33"
number: "20.103"
heading: "Construction and waiver of rules."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/20.103"
---

# §20.103. Construction and waiver of rules.

- (a) Each person with a duty to construe the rules in this part in an administrative proceeding shall construe them so as to secure a just, speedy, and inexpensive determination.
- (b) Except to the extent that a waiver would be contrary to law, the Commandant, the Chief ALJ, or a presiding ALJ may, after notice, waive any of the rules in this part either to prevent undue hardship or manifest injustice or to secure a just, speedy, and inexpensive determination.
- (c) **Absent a specific provision in this part, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure control.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321; 42 U.S.C. 9609; 46 U.S.C. 7701, 7702; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. 2(73).

### Source

Source: CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted.